Biden is reported to be calling Boris Johnson second, after Justin Trudeau. So not at the end of the queue Mon dieu!
Mention: People of colour - Meghan and Harry approve Coloured people - sackable offence at an innocent mistake If "colour" is objectionable, discourage use of either phrase
Absolutely. I’m sure Greg Clarke isn’t sat at home every day seething about black people but it’s an incredibly dopey thing for someone in his position to say- along with his comment on gays and women footballers. Doesn’t do a lot for ridding the FA of its image as a doddery old boys’ club. The whole thing was like a Little Britain sketch.
Not if it's ridiculously confusing - just proscribe the word "colour" when describing anyone and we'll all conform.
Again though, it’s not really up to you or I or anyone not in the black community and even then it’s complex as some people may be offended by certain terms and others not. It’s been a given for some time though not to refer to people being “coloured”. Might be a subtle difference to us but it has terrible historic connotations.
I get the "coloured people", but why keep the "people of colour"? The more confusing it is, the more rules will be infringed inadvertently and the white population will lose patience with the whole thing.
Is it really that confusing? Regular old people letting a word slip now and again is going to happen. Politicians and the like should be held to a higher standard. Doesn’t mean every instance has to be an instant sackable offence but when you’re in Clarke’s position, you have to be whiter than white, pun intended.
An increasing number of people think it is. Just use BAME, or Black British. Let's kick "colour" back into history where it belongs
