Is calling a black person 'colored' offensive?

[Jesus_Of_Nazareth]

would you feel comfortable referring to a black person as a 'colored' person to their face?

[nemo]

its a tricky one, unless you're an albino then we're all coloured, just some more so than others, but then again noone is actually "black" either

my aunt works as a primary school teacher in the uk and they have to use whatever is considered most politically correct at the time, at the moment it is "black" but 5 or 6 years ago she was told that she should always use "coloured"

to be honest i've never mentioned to any black friends of mine that they are black or coloured though, i always presumed that they already knew that

[Jesus_Of_Nazareth]

yeah, but is it ok to say stuff like, "hey look at those colored people over there!" or "that damn colored boy stole my wallet" or "this is colored history month."

[nemo]

yeah, but is it ok to say stuff like, "hey look at those colored people over there!" or "that damn colored boy stole my wallet" or "this is colored history month."

no, but i wouldnt say "that damned black boy stole my wallet" either, that seems pretty prejudiced as well

[cosmic]

you white bread honkys.... were suppose to be politicaly correct..... it's Muts...... thats what we are all a bunch of muts!!!!! mix breed mongrals! that goes for the whites the blacks the yellows and the reds.... and the purples too!!!!!!!!!

[Jesus_Of_Nazareth]

i totally am not racist and i think calleing a person colored is demaning.  however calling them black isn't because i think african american is a poor description.  a white person can be from africa, are they african-american?

no, i think the correct word is black.  colored is offensive.  and negro is offensive.  and n*gger is one of the most vile words in all of the english langague.

[Jesus_Of_Nazareth]

yeah, but is it ok to say stuff like, "hey look at those colored people over there!" or "that damn colored boy stole my wallet" or "this is colored history month."

no, but i wouldnt say "that damned black boy stole my wallet" either, that seems pretty prejudiced as well

but you'd say black because you had to identify him somehow.  if you were giving a description of him to the police certianly one of the first things you would mention was that he was a person of color eh?

[cosmic]

What about Spanish people they sometimes are mistaken for Black.... But they are tan......

[Jesus_Of_Nazareth]

in that case you would call them hispanic or latino.  

but did you vote on this? i'm talking about calling black people colored.

[cosmic]

Ok Ok I voted..... I just  forgot....

[bucketsixx]

Heres something that i hate: Black folk who call each other "nigger." If its such a degrading word, why say it to one another?

[Kilamite]

I remember getting one of those email things from a friend saying:

A black man walks into a cafe in New York and the waiter says "Sorry, no coloured people allowed in here."
The black man replies "I am not coloured. You are more coloured than me"
The waiter laughs at the black man, making him look foolish.
The black man says "When you were born you were pink, when you're cold your blue, when you're hot your red, when you're sick your green. When I was a baby I was black. When I'm cold I'm Black. When I'm hot I'm Black. When I'm sick I'm black, and YOU have the cheek to call me coloured?"
The waiter stepped away from the man, and walked away fast"

[xavier]

Black people always stay black while white people turn red when they are embarressed,turn green when they are sick and turn pale when they are cold.We are more colored than them.

[Raven]

If it's offensive to call black people "colored" then why is one of the biggest groups representing black people called the National Asociation for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)?

My mother is puerto rican and my had is jewish, I just perfer to get called by my name rather than people using some politically correct term for my race.  I am an individual and I feel sorry for those who have to identify with other people solely on their skin color in order to feel like they belong in this world.