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But no one on this thread has implied anything different, have they?

Excellent points about politeness as opposed to correctness by Sam Slater.

I have to say that I'm bemused by this as riding alongside the statements to the opposite there does seem to be some underlying prejudices here and I'll explain.
Dick's old boss seems to have taken a dislike to him (for whatever reason) and it appears that as a result all people with brown skin are lumped into one race-card-playing and rather easily offended group.
I am not offended by being described as coloured... merely amused. To me it is not offensive it is simply very out-dated. Those using this silly epithet are no different to others who used to carry on saying gramophone instead of stereo. I mean I bet Dick doesn't call his emails - LETTERS or call is computer a WORD PROCESSOR. I wonder if he calls emulsion paint DISTEMPER or say "Confound it" in place of "Fuck it"???

It is interesting to observe which words a person will cling to in the face of changing vogues and fashion whilst readily absorbing many new replacements for other things. A person can give as much 'body-language' away in text as in person-to-person transactions and all our entries are resplendent with 'colourful' (as well as subtle) language that allows others to read between the lines.

So to sum up - If I happily discard 'Coloured' in favour of 'Black' as the current acceptable term for a particular demographic yet insist on keeping the word Cripple when I am fully conversant with the agreed alternative and cite my right to use "whatever words I damn-well PLEASE"... then this surely gives my game away.
I am PLEASED to avoid offence or insult to Black people but I am PLEASED to ignore the wishes of Cripples.

So I USED to be referred to as Coloured but it's not what I would to be called - and never was - so can I politely ask you not to use the term in the same way that you (hopefully) no longer use the word Nigger. (A word that everyone used whilst I was growing up)

One last point that you might like to consider. COLOURED was the term GIVEN to poor ignorant NIGGERS when my ancestors were grudgingly released from of slavery into years of ignominy.
BLACK is the name we TOOK when we finally decided we'd had enough of all this condescending crap.

I have to say that I'm bemused by this as riding alongside the statements to the opposite there does seem to be some underlying prejudices here and I'll explain.
Dick's old boss seems to have taken a dislike to him (for whatever reason) and it appears that as a result all people with brown skin are lumped into one race-card-playing and rather easily offended group.
I am not offended by being described as coloured... merely amused. To me it is not offensive it is simply very out-dated. Those using this silly epithet are no different to others who used to carry on saying gramophone instead of stereo. I mean I bet Dick doesn't call his emails - LETTERS or call is computer a WORD PROCESSOR. I wonder if he calls emulsion paint DISTEMPER or say "Confound it" in place of "Fuck it"???

It is interesting to observe which words a person will cling to in the face of changing vogues and fashion whilst readily absorbing many new replacements for other things. A person can give as much 'body-language' away in text as in person-to-person transactions and all our entries are resplendent with 'colourful' (as well as subtle) language that allows others to read between the lines.

So to sum up - If I happily discard 'Coloured' in favour of 'Black' as the current acceptable term for a particular demographic yet insist on keeping the word Cripple when I am fully conversant with the agreed alternative and cite my right to use "whatever words I damn-well PLEASE"... then this surely gives my game away.
I am PLEASED to avoid offence or insult to Black people but I am PLEASED to ignore the wishes of Cripples.

So I USED to be referred to as Coloured but it's not what I would to be called - and never was - so can I politely ask you not to use the term in the same way that you (hopefully) no longer use the word Nigger. (A word that everyone used whilst I was growing up)

One last point that you might like to consider. COLOURED was the term GIVEN to poor ignorant NIGGERS when my ancestors were grudgingly released from of slavery into years of ignominy.
BLACK is the name we TOOK when we finally decided we'd had enough of all this condescending crap.

I hear what you're saying and I thank you for the information.
I don't know any black people so I'm not aware of the correct form of address but I still feel some people are very quick to take offence when no offence or insult was meant.
Somebody on here said you can't go through life without offending somebody, but I can live with that.

Hey, no probs mate.
I'm a Yorkshireman and call a spade a spade (no jokes please - lol) I rarely take offense unless offense is actually meant.
Didn't actually realize that you didn't know any Black people as this can be a real issue for anyone wishing to keep up with what to say etc. This, of course, is the same for any demographic and a person can slip up whenever they meet a person from a 'new' social grouping.
Anyway, check out this link and have a good laugh - I know I did.

And just in case there's any difficulty in future I'll let you in on the intricasies of my heritage.
My Father was from Dominica (French West Indies - not Dominican Republic).
My Mother was from Cork (?ire).
I have a French Grandfather and 'original' South American (not Latin American) ancestry too.
I was adopted quite young and brought up by a white family in Yorkshire.
I'm still trying to work out what the feck I am supposed to be - beyond ugly!
Have a good day mate and keep asking those thought-provoking questions.
!thumbsup!

Are you actually a pornstar?
No offence, but you seem to spend all your time here, trolling.

And isn't calling yerself 'JR Pornstar' just the teensiest bit
egomaniacal?

Hey.
I am der Black Guy am I is ALWAYS DA BOSS !!!