Cheryl Martin wrote:

> Is "coloured" not an offensive term in the UK?

I'm sure it is. It is here in New Zealand.

The term is of course pretty silly as well, because it implies that
caucasians are an unmarked category that don't have a "colour" whereas
other ethnic groups do, which is biased from a caucasian reference
frame on an arbitrary basis. 

Matthew
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