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.

  • jscummy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Are we really going to act like “people of color” and “colored people” are wildly different terms that could never be confused? He listed “black people” separately so I’d have to guess he meant to say people of color and mixed up the terms

    Not saying he’s not racist for other reasons, but this is gotcha journalism

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      1 year ago

      Are we really going to act like “people of color” and “colored people” are wildly different terms that could never be confused?

      In a vacuum, those are similar terms.

      In the real world, one is a term used in Apartheid South Africa and in Jim Crow America that has huge racist and white supremacists connotations, while the other one is the preferred term used by the community to refer to themselves.