Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

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    I had several coworkers at Best Buy that called black people colored. I got into so many arguments. Like dude, that’s racist as fuck. The sad thing is most folks at that store didn’t see the problem with it.

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      What is the difference between term “coloured people” and “black people”? For a foreigner.
      Because they sounds similar for me: both describe a group of people by their skin colour

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        The issue comes from context. Historically, in the US, “colored people” WAS the term used to discuss black people in a derogatory fashion. Especially during segregation “no colored people allowed” for bathrooms, or for the the water fountain blacks were allowed to use. “Colored people allowed”

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      “Colored people bad”

      “People of color good”

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        Hey look everybody, this guy doesn’t understand nuance!

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          This is a good user name :) TMV forever!

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            Thank you! Caught them last fall finally, and seeing them again in September!