[FrdmLvr]

You can say ‘people of color’ but you can’t say ‘colored people’. What’s the difference?

[sparklite2]

As I have mentioned in the past,
the American national motto has
been changed from “In God We Trust,”
to “You owe me an apology.”

[cdga5for4]

You can say ‘people of color’ but you can’t say ‘colored people’. What’s the difference?

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Person-first language. The special needs community prefers boy with Down syndrome, rather than Down syndrome boy.

[IYAS9YAS]

You can say ‘people of color’ but you can’t say ‘colored people’. What’s the difference?

Bloom County asked the same thing

[be-baw]

“You can say ‘people of color’ but you can’t say ‘colored people’. “

In the former, people is used first; in the latter colored is used first.