the word itself isnt racist, its orgins are deemed as racist due to it usage in america during slavery interestingly not all black people see it as derogatory, eg the NAACP etc as i have said its not the 'coloured' people anti it If anything the worst word being used for minorities is 'ETHNIC' The roots of which are 'heathen', not many know this though
i say we wipe out all blacks to solve this problem its got be easier than coming up with a non offensive word
****ing klan out in force to tonight. Colured is deemed offensive because it strips black people of their african identity, think about it. You dont call a chinese person coloured do you ? nope, its a term meant for black people and is offensive
black people consider themselves black, just as white people do white, to take that away from them and say a generic based word instead is offensive, whether you understand or disagree with that is not relevant, black people do
If your over 40 then you may get away with it, because it was actually a more polite term than black years ago. However anyone under that age KNOWS that most black people get annoyed by it. Come on after this whole suarez incident your actually all saying he is innocent, even you berb