The term "coloured", is an outdated, offensive and revealing choice of words.
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I hope this is a genuine question because this is a genuine answer - They imply different things
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Replying to @Holmster79 @bentoth and
“Coloured” puts the person’s skin tone and otherness first. “Person of colour” puts their personhood, or if you prefer, humanity, first. And ‘person of colour’ is a descriptive term determined by people of colour themselves, rather than a slur determined by white colonials.
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Replying to @Holmster79 @NakulMPande and
This is the kind of shit I like to see. Genuine, well intentioned question with a non aggressive answer. Good faith is the way forward!
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