http://time.com/3958093/barack-obama-criminal-justice-reforms-naacp/
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SheWrites wrote:Sorry to distract from the OP, but, in the article the emblem is shown for the NAACP and I wonder why we continue to allow "colored people" be the expression for what this organization stands.
Isn't "colored people" outdated and possibly racist? Offensive?
nadalfan wrote:SheWrites wrote:Sorry to distract from the OP, but, in the article the emblem is shown for the NAACP and I wonder why we continue to allow "colored people" be the expression for what this organization stands.
Isn't "colored people" outdated and possibly racist? Offensive?
Here is what NAACP president Rev. William Barber said in 2008:
"To be quite honest, there has been some internal wrestling with the name, but one reason it hasn’t been changed is out of respect for history and the founders. In 1909, when the organization began, “colored” was one of the more respected identifications used by the larger society when compared with all the other grotesque names used to refer to African-Americans.
Another reason however, is that the NAACP was founded as a multi-ethnic organization by whites, blacks, Jews, Christians, male, female, etc. In fact, the majority of the founders were white. The first chair was a white woman. So, in a sense, it was a “colored” organization dedicated to the eradication of racism and legalized racial discrimination and disparity. Even today, our mission is broad and covers all minorities: The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4142989/
EmeraldGhost wrote:Is it okay then to refer to Americans of partial African ancestry as "coloreds."
(for the record ... if anybody wants to call me "injun", "half-breed", etc ... I'm not one bit offended. I've never been referred to as "colored" though, not even in Mississippi. But I pass for full-white most of the time )
boards of FL wrote:
Are you suggesting that you're native american here? Out of curiosity, what percent?
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