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 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.