Re: [Mpls] Racially Insensitive Langauge

[WizardMarks]

phaedrus wrote:
McManus said Thursday night that the newspaper's
apology "should be made to Minneapolis Police
Department officers of color, not to me. Certainly, 
they are all offended by it. This isn't the 1960s
anymore."
   

I don't intend to be obtuse, but I don't get this one.
Officer Of Color = OK
Colored Officer = Not OK
 

WM:  "Colored officers" harkens back to the times of Jim Crow as a term 
of disrespect and appeared in public buildings (i.e. "white drinking 
fountain," "colored drinking fountain"). To use "colored person" now is 
to announce oneself as being tied to the days of Jim Crow. Naturally, 
those offended are going to say as much. It is the same as calling 
someone a Gypsy (Rom), Frog (French), Kafir (person of color), etc.

WizardMarks, Central		
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