Lately on NPR on a Boston radio station, I've been hearing the term "of color" a lot more often. I'm wondering if this will eventually replace the term "black". I like to keep abreast of what the media says is the proper terminology to use when racially identifying Americans with different genetics than other Americans.
There is no difference in genetics. Just differences in melanin.
As for your question, "of color" is usually used to speak of everyone but white people. Not just black people.
Yes. I think with the rising Hispanic population, there needed to be a term a little broader than just “black”.
Yes. I think with the rising Hispanic population, there needed to be a term a little broader than just “black”.
Lately on NPR on a Boston radio station, I've been hearing the term "of color" a lot more often. I'm wondering if this will eventually replace the term "black". I like to keep abreast of what the media says is the proper terminology to use when racially identifying Americans with different genetics than other Americans.
Yes. As soon as color became a useful term to the left, it made a comeback. Now "of color" has become a code for not evil...er...not white.
It's all the same to the OP (minorities). He's a "one drop" man. He can't see any reason to differentiate between black people and other minorities.
:lol:
Would people of color apply to minority white population living in predominately black areas of Chicago?
There is no difference in genetics. Just differences in melanin.
As for your question, "of color" is usually used to speak of everyone but white people. Not just black people.
Human skin color ranges in variety from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. An individual's skin pigmentation is the result of genetics, being the product of both of the individual's biological parents' genetic makeup, and exposure to sun. In evolution, skin pigmentation in human beings evolved by a process of natural selection primarily to regulate the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating the skin, controlling its biochemical effects.
Yes. I think with the rising Hispanic population, there needed to be a term a little broader than just “black”.
From Wikipedia:
I mean, if genetics didn't control skin color, then generations of people with heavy-melanin skin living in northern climes would start to lose their darkitude, right?
This is going to end in all kinds of bad.
Lol. You sound like David Duke.
its a process. Language is a fluid tool, it adapts to the culture and times. I am glad we are moving towards color instead of brown, black or yellow. It really is about white vs. color now, one day it will just be people.
Actually....they do. Why do you think white people exist? Science has determined that everyone on this Earth originated from Africa and that generational living in Africa where its hot and has more sun exposure is why black people have such dark skin. It was dark skinned people moving to the northern regions where there is less sun and living there for a millennia that produced white people.
Wiki is not always a good source of knowledge. It has its advantages, but always double check what is said on it.
No, context is global. Black people cannot escape racial bigotry by going somewhere.
Lately on NPR on a Boston radio station, I've been hearing the term "of color" a lot more often. I'm wondering if this will eventually replace the term "black". I like to keep abreast of what the media says is the proper terminology to use when racially identifying Americans with different genetics than other Americans.
Blacks are being scrupped out of the discourse, little by little by the left. Excessive immigration has pushed them out of the workforce, what makes you feel they won't push them out of the conversation by "the cool people"?
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