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We have an organization called 'National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. NCAAP for short.

Should a Black man be offended if I called him a 'colored person'?

Posted - April 21, 2021
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  • 11105
    Yeah I think using the word colored is as bad as using the word negro. Cheers
      April 21, 2021 12:11 PM MDT
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  • 34261

    I think "colored" was the common term used at the time of the founding of the NAACP. 

    The common terms now are Black or African-American and that is what we should use. 

    I think if you use a term after someone tells you they do not like to be referred to by that term then yes...you are offending them.  

      April 21, 2021 12:30 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    I would never do so.
      April 21, 2021 4:35 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I know people who refer to themselves as men/women/people of color.
      April 21, 2021 12:39 PM MDT
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