Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans 'colored people' on House floor
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Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

  • AdmiralShat@programming.dev
    122·
    1 year ago

    Can someone explain how colored people is anymore racist than people of color?

    I mean, I’m not claiming it’s not racist, I’m white so I’m not subjected to these terminologies myself, I just can’t wrap my head around why one is different.

    • bastion@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      14·
      1 year ago

      Times change, and people are slow. ‘Colored people’ used to be the most PC, now it’s an insult. Because it could, in any old fart’s brain, be either the most PC thing or an insult, you never know if the person is doing so intentionally or not, which sucks because:

      • if someone uses it unintentionally and people jump on them, that just makes them bitter
      • someone who is racist can use not knowing as a smoke screen
      • people who are really “with it” on social issues can also be quick to blame, and low on tolerance, and high on trauma or virtue signaling.

      …the divide just grows until people resolve it inside themselves.

      • AdmiralShat@programming.dev
        1·
        1 year ago

        So, as an experiment, I deleted my comment immediately after making it, yet you commented several hours after I deleted it.

        I’m curious how comment deletion actually works on Lemmy, because this isn’t showing up in my account page, and yet it’s still tied to my account because Im getting notifications for it.