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Where is the Colored Guy?

Started by Anonymous, March 29, 2016, 02:42:32 PM

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Quote from: "Renee"
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Quote from: "iron horse jockey"If someone called a fellow employee "coloured" at CP they would face immediate discipline up to termination.

I just don't get it.  You can't say "coloured" but you can call people black, white, brown, etc.  That makes no sense.



That and "colored" was one of the few DIGNIFIED titles blacks had back in the day.


But you can refer to them as "people of color" and that is acceptable.



Which reminds me of a biology test that I failed in my sophomore year of HS......



One of the questions was......What do you commonly find in cells? ac_umm



Apparently "black people"......was not an acceptable answer.

 ac_lmfao