Since when did people start calling people by color?
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actually caucasian and chinese are belong to one family, all the caucasian are of chinese origin,
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Would you rather have them call you yellow? Maybe Old Yeller? I'm a brunette and I'm tired of people calling me brown - Wait.... nobody calls me that! ;-))\n(Whatever they call you - you're a great girl!)
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Fantastic observation.  America and its politicians are FINALLY figuring this out.  The race card has no meaning anymore because of its misuse.
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There are.  White history is the norm, so it's just called History.\nWhite entertainment is the norm so it's just called Entertainment.\n\nWhite people have had a longer period of time to arrange college funds and equal rights and are less devastated by the processes.  African Americans are catching up, but still need a leg-up in order to compete. One day, hopefully, there will be no need for either 'black' or 'white'......we shall have all blended together and be truly equal.
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I guess I should be called then African German?  Never heard that one before.  But I don't mind either African American or black, I usually use black.  I don't know what the big problem is for white people to call us black?  We call you white (even though you are more light-pinkish) and we are not really black but different shades of brown, so what's the big issue?\nWhite people, it is not a crime to say "Black" or "African American".  Just don't call us "Colored" people, we are not in the 60s.  That's all.  I always have to laugh when white people look at me and ask me, is it ok if I say "African American" or black.  Please, come on, do black people really get upset about that?
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When there became different races.
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Well, I don't like the term "coloured" for people that have dark skin. It's rude and it's wrong. Then what does that make me, clear? Invsible? Why do we have to pay so much attention to people's skin colour? Why can't we see people as people? We all breath, bleed and breed the same ways. I don't see a difference. I just see people.
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Wow, can you be anymore racist??
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Actually, I don't think anybody should be using ANY of those words.  Why should anybody be derogatory about ANY race?  What's the point of that?  People are people, dear. I say ban them all!  (I've never even heard of some of those words!)
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Hell, I thought it was all this time!\n\nOf course, the idiots have already came out and started to throw around the "R" word (racist).  Bunch of damn fools!
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I agree...on some forms I've seen the phrase "Euro-American" rather than "white." I wish this phrase/label was used more often.  The words black and white have such powerful connotations (white=good/pure, black=bad/evil). It should change.
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not with me. I have about five black friends and only about two whites it doesn't matter to me about color...but is still happening around the world even in America...it's so sad...
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We are all just people.   Color does not matter.  Anyone who tells you that you are wrong...........it is because they are ignorant........and probably, sadly, they were taught to be that way by their parents.  Ignore them.....and be happy with your love.
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It came from the word "Negro" which is Spanish (I think) for the word black. In slavery times and for a while afterword, it was a more polite way to refer to black people (if polite can be used in this context at all). The 'n' word was a more derogatory, more crass derivative of the word "Negro".
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I totally agree with you.\n\n People seem to think it's great fun to call others names and hurl insults just because they are not the same colour, race or sexual orientation as themselves.\n\nThese people are young and ignorant. When they mature, they will realise how stupid they have been.
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Yes, the world was in black and white before the color spectrum creator (Rainbow God) came into being around 200 AD.  That's why the bible is written in black and white instead of color, as well as most old books).  They simply didn't have color before rainbows came about, and writing in black and white is a tradition that continues even to this day.
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What you are basically asking is what are the origins of the naming of colors.\n\nHere are a couple of interesting sites that speak to the origin of color and history of identifying etc.\n\nhttp://www.insidegraphics.com/articles/color_history_article.asp\n\nhttp://cura.free.fr/22plcome.html