Cheryl Martin wrote:
> In article ,
> Angelika Tobisch   wrote:
>> Cheryl Martin schrieb:
>>
>>> Is "coloured" not an offensive term in the UK? (she
says noting that
>>> today is MLK day here in the US)
>>>
>>> I'm all sorts of offended by it.  Please don't do it again.
>> As a foreigner not out to offend anyone: what term is acceptable?
> 
> Black is okay.  It is silly since my skin color is actually coffee but
> it doesn't have the connotations that colored picked up during the
> days of segregation.

The term black is unsuitable because I did not mean black - there
are other ethnic minorities as well.

There has been an interesting change in Hollywood's racism, it has
gone from all white to token black, token Hispanic and possibly
token gay.

Andrew Swallow
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