Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz. referred to Black people as "colored people" Thursday in floor debate over his proposed amendment to an annual defense policy bill, prompting a stern rebuke from the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Lawmakers were debating a series of GOP-backed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the House aims to pass by the end of the week.
It’s attitude and intent.
“People of color” is often used in the context of opening doors. “Colored people” is used in the context of slamming them shut.
You bet your ass that this republican fuck is racist as hell. His proposed amendment is the newest in the long line of “let’s make it illegal to acknowledge the actual effects of racism in society” that racists are pushing these days.