Henry Reardon
2011-09-10 14:03:31
Will the feminists of the world kindly do me one favour and drop the phrase “people of colour”? This phrase has irked me since I first heard it.
While it appears to be a more politically correct alternative to saying “black” or “non-white”, the simple fact is that white people have a colour too, namely white, or, more accurately, a combination of pink and beige. To say that I, a “white” man, am not a ‘person of colour’ is to, in effect, declare that I am transparent, in the literal sense, as in clear like a glass window. I assure you that this is not the case. I have never seen a transparent human being. All people, even albinos, have some colour.
So kindly relegate “people of colour” to the ash-heap of history where it belongs. Thank you!
