The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced the move at an afternoon press conference, accusing Trump of working against its mission.
“This has nothing to do with political party,” Johnson said in a statement. “Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights.”
I’m just wondering, not attacking - what do you call a general group of races which are discriminated against?
I was working retail one time and this guy left his hat at the counter, coworker said “who’s hat is that?”
I said “the black gentleman there” and nodded toward him
“You can’t say that!”
“Why? I’m not using it in a negative way, it’s an adjective.”
I called the man over and said “sir, I just described you as a black gentleman. Does that offend you?”
“Hell naw! That’s what I am!”
Was hilarious.
The standard in the US seems to be “People Of Color” is fine and “colored people” is a slur.
The NAACP retains its name for historic reasons.
Minority is probably the best term when you’re talking about not-white.
In general, African American is seen as silly just like Latinx is. Caucasian American is used ironically as a mild insult: “That boy is such a Caucasian American that he keeps a loaf of whitebread in the glovebox.”
Brown people is also useful shorthand but you have to be careful as it can be insulting without proper irony. “Those rich old white guys sure do love killing brown people for oil.”
Yeah, it’s never been about what you say but what you mean.
My neighbour is black - fine.
Ugh, my neighbour is black - not fine.
I guess “minority” could work when you’re talking about the US, but in Europe I’ve heard it used more when talking about nationality, not race.
For example, the largest minority group in Eastern Europe is usually Russians.
Yeah, it’s all going to be regional. I’m a redneck, and, to some extent, queer. However, call me those things with the wrong tone and we have a problem.
Minority is nice because it’s relatively short compared to groups-other-than-white and similar clunky terms.
“Minorities,” is now sometimes used in an insulting way, but it’s usualy obvious when someone is being a racist shithead.
At the end of the day it comes down to respect, intent, and tone. Basically, don’t be a fuckhead and be polite, folks will tell you how they want be called.