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My Mom still uses the term Colored people..she is an educated woman that teaches at a local college but still is hung up on the old school way of talking.
The Realistic Racist Anne Johnson 2008
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Colored is more old fashioned and carries with it the sting of segreagation with the 'colored' water fountains, restuarants, etc.
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Once again Colored Network News (CNN) gets it wrong.
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Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is 'Ridiculously Stupid' (AUDIO) Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is 'Ridiculously Stupid' (AUDIO) Bill Ong Hing: Vigilante Racism and the De-Americanization of Muslim Americans
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Brandy Williams 2011
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EURweb Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Brandy Williams 2011
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Bill Ong Hing: Vigilante Racism and the De-Americanization of Muslim Americans Glenn Beck Says Its Ok To Call Black People Breaking News & Views on BlackMediaScoop Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is 'Ridiculously Stupid' AUDIO Glenn Beck: Is The Term 'Colored' Really Such A Bad Thing?
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Brandy Williams 2011
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Now and again he just goes off to what they used to call Colored Town and drinks himself into a hole.
The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994
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Now and again he just goes off to what they used to call Colored Town and drinks himself into a hole.
The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994
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Now and again he just goes off to what they used to call Colored Town and drinks himself into a hole.
The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994
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They said that they were not opposed to voluntary emigration but did not at any time elect delegates to the so-called Colored
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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