22-01-2023, 08:23 AM
(22-01-2023, 01:01 AM)Tomsk Wrote:(21-01-2023, 07:45 PM)Northstander Wrote:(21-01-2023, 07:40 PM)scumslayer Wrote: Can't say coloured anymore ;-)
'Coloured background' is not acceptable but 'background of colour' apparently is though, which surely is exactly the same thing!
That is literally true but the difference lies in history rather than English. 'Coloured' was the term used by the so-called Jim Crow Laws that brough racial segregation to the southern states of the US in the early 20th Century and inspired the civil rights movement. Thus, it has always been associated with racial prejudice.