Colored People!

[Dyoll_73]

So, an anchor on MSNBC was talking to the head of the NAACP and towards the end of the conversation, he used the word "colored." He came back to apologise (for what I'm not quite sure, other than that Al Sharpton may call for MSNBC to fire him). This time he used the term "people of color." He did look and sound a bit scared.

I was a little amused since the &quot;C&quot; in NAA<span style="font-weight: bold">C</span>P actually stands for &quot;colored.&quot; The <span style="font-weight: bold">N</span>ational <span style="font-weight: bold">A</span>ssociation for the <span style="font-weight: bold">A</span>dvancement of <span style="font-weight: bold">C</span>olored <span style="font-weight: bold">P</span>eople has not changed/ammended its name, even though the term &quot;colored&quot; has long been banished and &quot;african-american&quot; is the preferred term. Apparently the NAACP hasn't changed with the times. It's not hard to see where the MSNBC anchor would have gotten the term. It was right there dangling before him, and did I mention that he was talking to the head of the NAACP.

I have a modest proposal: how about the organization call itself the NAA<span style="font-weight: bold">PC</span> - the &quot;PC&quot; would stand for &quot;People of Color&quot; (not political correctness).

The relevance of the organization is a separate issue.

[evanovitch]

Re: Colored People!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The relevance of the organization is a separate issue </div></div>

u know, i have come to conclude dat is di people who involve wid dese groups dat need to have dem relevance ?ed...fi real...is like a load of hasbeens trying to find a reason to be relevant , and not doing a ting to advance weh dem groups stand for....an it goes across the many 'race' groups....like , wat has Chris Brown and Rihanna achieved to be considered by the NAACP fi Image Award...an wat image dem honouring....seems to be mostly people who find demselves in di press some how some way...sooo done wid and need a new way of being relevant

[jah_yout]

Re: Colored People!

i did a thread on this very type of thing...
like the united negro college fund...
full time dem change dem ting deh now