Is it politically correct to use the word 'negro'?

You've offended both actual Karens and "Karens" everywhere now. Way to go!

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Спасибо ... согласен...I don't speak Spanish, but I understand what you are saying. Thanks.

That’s not fair of me to exclude the English translation.

Depende del contexto e en el idioma. Por ejemplo, la palabra tiene otros significadoa en español que en inglés.

It depends on the context and on the language. For example, the word has other meanings in Spanish than it does in English.
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Thanks...agreed.

  Sorry to add to the confusion, but even among people of the ethnicity to which they most apply, the “correct” or “proper” or “accepted” or “acceptable” term is under hot debate. Being of that ethnicity myself, I will render my perspective.  

  Many people of my ethnicity, myself included, do not consider African-American nor African American to be the appropriate term. I am Black. It is not demeaning, insulting, derogatory, inaccurate, etc. There are some people of my ethnicity who disagree and prefer African-American or African American to be appropriate. They are not wrong. I am not wrong. If they choose to be referred to in the way they consider befitting, and I choose differently, neither of us are wrong. There are deeply-rooted reasons for each of our stances, many revolving back several generations, decades, centuries, and crossing a variety of geographical, political, emotional, and historical lines. Unfortunately, some people become extremely offended if others refer to them in ways they find incorrect, I am not that way, because I acknowledge that from the outside looking in, it’s not easy to understand or know which is correct. It’s also important to note that you are not incorrect in what you have written, I just want to make the distinction that there is not merely one simple answer that encompasses the entire issue.

  Now, as I stated above, I know this is confusing, because if it is a conundrum for us, the people in question, then there’s no way it cannot be confusing for people not of this ethnicity.

  The impression of a what is supposedly a correct term or the correct term evolves over time. Black, African-American, Afro-American, Colored, Negro, Mulatto, and deservedly unmentionable ones have had their turn in the box, as can be seen throughout history.

  A term that I do despise with seething anger is “people of color”. All people have color, even Albinos. To assume that it’s respectful to call me “of color”, what does that say about someone who is “not of color”? Is he or she transparent? See-through? Invisible? Non-existent? Or does it go the other direction; better than, higher than, more than, more important than, etc.?

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Thanks for the clarification, Randy.

Whenever it's appropriate, I'll ask the individual how they like to be referred to when describing them.

Unless appearance is having a direct affect on what's happening in someone's life and is relevant to the topic of conversation, it's unnecessary to describe how they look. 

I must admit, I like the term "black" - for me it seems simple, direct and easy.

Are there specific groups for whom the different terms have different meanings, and what are they?

It's true that all have colour, even Albinos. It's a bit weird to imagine a truly colourless person; would their inner organs be permanently visible? 

I'm a palish white if living in a cold climate, but honey-coloured living here in the subtropics. I have far more moles than I'd like, and need to get an annual skin cancer check. My eyes are grey and my mouse-brown hair has just begun turning grey at the temples. I don't object to being called white - but I'll admit to feeling a bit uncomfortable about its resonances. I cannot escape the fact that my kind and my ancestors have been among the ones who did some of the worst.

Descent

 

Using his sword,

plunged in cunts, guts and necks,

Harold the Red conquered Brionne, in Normandy,

and became the duke, or “Herr,”

that built a medieval fort, and its court.

His son was an aide de camp 

bearing messages with a sword,

as William struck 

through lungs and livers in England.

When William won,

he thanked my ancestor 

with an earldom in Oxfordshire.

Then his descendant, 

with a Bible as his sword,

stole the land of the Wongi people,

and with it their Tongue 

and their Dreaming,

with the blessing of the Crown.

My ancestor herded and locked them 

in chains behind high fences 

near Kalgoorlie goldfields,

and with whips and tortures

turned them into slaves.

Oh, Wongi! Oh! 

How can “Sorry” be enough?

Who can live with this?

With such a pedigree,

is it any wonder

I took the “cour” out of Harcourt

and became a Hart?

 

149 words @ 120 ppm = 1.241 mins / say 1¼ mins

© Manna Hart, Tyalgum, Aug, 2018

Is that a yes or a no?

 

  Complicated. 

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Good point about 'people of color'. I'd not really thought about it being offensive, and had thought about the fact that all people have a color/tint/hue. But I didn't think about it provoking seething anger, and have used the term because of the Black/African-American debate. I've engaged with people about that debate, because I'm pretty sure other countries don't use terms like African-French, African-English, African-Australian, do they? But I'm getting off topic, I think. It's my understanding from my (unfortunately rather limited) experiences with, um, black people, that most Black people (is "black" supposed to be capitalized?) prefer to be referred to as "Black". 

(I'm now wondering if this is even going to make sense). Yes, I'm high. 

I do think that "people of color" had good intentions. Its language is based on  person-centered discussion and language used in a wide array of services and educational material. It's good stuff, generally speaking. I agree that 'person of color' is a bit of a fail. 

 

  In their time, many (NOT ALL) such monikers or appellations or terms are born of good intentions, or at least innocent, mundane intentions.  The passage of time, however, and the evolution of social norms, cultural norms, political norms, etc., morphs references to groups of people from acceptable to unacceptable and vice-versa.

  Some people assume that saying “people of color” is not only respectable and respectful, but also downright complimentary. Those people can be found using the term to refer to themselves or to others. 

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Yes, I see your point. The same can be said about the way other sub-groups of people are now, and have been referred to in the past. 

Homosapiens are so complicated compared to other species! I guess that's what having such an advanced brain gets us! 

Imagine if other species argued about how they were sub-grouped. 

(Overheard at Westminster Dog Show backstage  "We are not really natives of Australia, I demand we change the name of our breed from Australian Shepherd! )

Deep thoughts.