When describing a person you can call them "black", but if you misspeak and call them "a black", ooooh, big nono.
When describing a person you can call them "black", but if you misspeak and call them "a black", ooooh, big nono.
"Colored person" was the term before 1970, then it became taboo. Now "person of color" is the accepted term.
"Colored person" was the term before 1970, then it became taboo. Now "person of color" is the accepted term.
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