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Re: Political Correctness

Geno4321 <eugnefk...@fuse.net>

The term Man of Color came into use after the Civil War to replace the term
Nigger.
In the 1960's the term Afro-American began to be used. Now this term is most
commonly used.
Sadly Rascism is still a probl

"jingles" <mommab...@mail.com> wrote in message

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>I was watching a news report from the US yesterday and was surprised to
>hear Obama described as a man of 'colour'.  Surely we are all people of one
>colour or another...

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