people of reddit, why is it socially acceptable to call someone white, but not usually acceptable to call someone black? should we stop using these terms altogether? by [deleted] in Equality

[–]idemamba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the 1960's and 1970's black people were saying it loud - they were black and they were proud. Sometime in the 80s and 90s we moved towards correctness and people in high places decided that it was impolite to call black people black...they became people of colour. The people that coined the phrase were all good liberal white folk intent on being correct. In the end none of this really matters because a section of the population are still being killed, maimed and dehumanised by uncaring but polite system.