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Quit saying "white people" [View all] Bucky May 2018 OP
I usually say white folks.....is that not kosher? Thomas Hurt May 2018 #1
Why say people of color instead of colored people? Bucky May 2018 #2
How about.. whathehell May 2018 #18
Sounds pretty negative. Bucky May 2018 #23
I was joking, actually. whathehell May 2018 #30
I'm kind of pink actually n/t SonofDonald May 2018 #40
Yeah whathehell May 2018 #53
It's pinkish in some places, more tannish in others. And then there's all those freckles Bucky May 2018 #73
Beige treestar May 2018 #108
"Palefaces"?? lastlib May 2018 #61
There ya go.. whathehell May 2018 #67
hell Bucky heaven05 May 2018 #70
How aboabout jt lsewpershad May 2018 #28
I prefer melanin challenged. nt Xipe Totec May 2018 #3
:*D Bucky May 2018 #7
I always liked heaven05 May 2018 #72
Just reminded me of a George Carlin routine. edbermac May 2018 #4
Yes we're going to the caucasians again! elleng May 2018 #37
That's my gang The Polack MSgt May 2018 #104
I'm so white DashOneBravo May 2018 #112
might have to teach this ideology to people of white ..... Civic Justice May 2018 #5
The point of examining the political Precision of our language Bucky May 2018 #10
I got your objective point, which is why I wrote what I did. Civic Justice May 2018 #13
Thank you. Bucky May 2018 #17
In South Florida white non-hispanics are termed anglos. Scurrilous May 2018 #6
That's so dismissive of POWs of non-Anglo origin Bucky May 2018 #15
I've heard that term used in the western states.. whathehell May 2018 #21
It doesn't bother me either. Scurrilous May 2018 #24
No, not at all whathehell May 2018 #29
It was like that in Texas too for many years. LeftInTX May 2018 #59
I live in New Mexico, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #85
can i still call myself a little old white lady? ;) samnsara May 2018 #8
As long as you put the little first, I think we're good Bucky May 2018 #11
What if you get rid of the "white" — no, wait, hear me out — and add "from Pasadena"? sl8 May 2018 #19
Okay Bucky May 2018 #25
"Behind the rickety doors of her old garage Atticus May 2018 #44
Unless you are actually short.. whathehell May 2018 #32
"Little" can be a little belittling. n/t sl8 May 2018 #39
Yes, I agree. whathehell May 2018 #54
might want to teach this concept to people of white....first Civic Justice May 2018 #9
Exactly my point! Bucky May 2018 #12
What do you make of "Short People"? sl8 May 2018 #14
God bless Barbra Streisand! Bucky May 2018 #16
OMG! You're being serious!? Solomon May 2018 #20
shhhh Bucky May 2018 #27
As a white woman... TDale313 May 2018 #22
We also need to stop mocking people of color gollygee May 2018 #33
Exactly! Bucky May 2018 #35
Agreed. TDale313 May 2018 #36
But the point is to undermine the defaultness of white Bucky May 2018 #34
Well, there's this.... LakeArenal May 2018 #26
Yes! Bucky May 2018 #45
😉 LakeArenal May 2018 #46
I'm a White person. I say white people. Lil Missy May 2018 #31
When asked what race I was on a form in the doctors office this week... Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #38
!!! Bucky May 2018 #42
+1 Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #48
I do the same thing, and have been... 3catwoman3 May 2018 #51
Lol I am a "lightly tinged descendent of Mitochondria Eve" grantcart May 2018 #41
:*D Bucky May 2018 #43
I have a feeling ME or GrandME as I call her wouldn't be too happy about all this tribalism grantcart May 2018 #47
How about American Americans... lame54 May 2018 #49
Shit, that's everybody!! Bucky May 2018 #57
I'm gonna keep "You white boys are crazy" for now. I think these are called first world problems. winstars May 2018 #50
True Bucky May 2018 #56
John Oliver did a bit people keep making terms longer. From 3 syllables to your 4. I choose whitie! TheBlackAdder May 2018 #52
Now... extend that logic out to other groups Bucky May 2018 #55
Why should it be my task? I'm not the one pushing literacy correctness, since language is dynamic. TheBlackAdder May 2018 #58
"People of white" - that's too funny! EffieBlack May 2018 #60
lol.. I like it! Cha May 2018 #63
What about "people of non-color?" misanthrope May 2018 #62
Among other problems, it's not strictly accurate Bucky May 2018 #64
I was being coy misanthrope May 2018 #68
Don't tell anyone... Bucky May 2018 #74
And therefore white people are people of color. Iggo May 2018 #92
LOL Bucky May 2018 #93
Rec. Tipperary May 2018 #65
Now I know where you got your screen name from GoneOffShore May 2018 #66
Ha!! Bucky May 2018 #75
I share some of those traits with that cat. Not all, but some. GoneOffShore May 2018 #83
Just use the abbreviation: EA DFW May 2018 #69
No thank you! That would be entirely inaccurate Bucky May 2018 #77
You don't need to think, act or dress like a European DFW May 2018 #87
People are amazing. I love stories of human diversity Bucky May 2018 #91
PWAW heaven05 May 2018 #71
. Bucky May 2018 #82
It's flesh Cary May 2018 #76
but... but... Bucky May 2018 #78
I prejudge orange people Cary May 2018 #80
Hey man....!! :( Bucky May 2018 #81
This is a really helpful and productive post oberliner May 2018 #79
Whiter shade of pale LeftInTX May 2018 #84
I insist on being called "Melanin Deficient American" or MDA Orange Free State May 2018 #86
LOL - I love it! "somewhere between a fish belly and a bedsheet" csziggy May 2018 #96
Or maybe "Colorless people" mainer May 2018 #88
European American??? thucythucy May 2018 #89
That's what white supremacists have been using lately IronLionZion May 2018 #94
middle eastern people are white treestar May 2018 #107
I do have some white ancestry but am definitely a nice chocolate brown IronLionZion May 2018 #109
True the xenophobia of the late 19th century treestar May 2018 #110
Anglos and Saxons used to be divided. Norwegians and Swedish would self segregate IronLionZion May 2018 #111
Well, "European American" isn't accurate about me. Bucky May 2018 #95
Why not... infidel621 May 2018 #97
Yes... Civic Justice May 2018 #102
Is an orange person a person of color, or a person of white?? lastlib May 2018 #90
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2018 #98
Lmao. Tipperary May 2018 #99
Lots of these lately. Many. Tipperary May 2018 #100
People of pinkness. nt LAS14 May 2018 #101
actually it's "isle of wight". unblock May 2018 #103
I have lost track of what we call any race without offending someone these days. doc03 May 2018 #105
Person of Colorless? kwassa May 2018 #106
White's a color. Bucky May 2018 #113
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