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 kind of a dialect type thing where certain phrases or wording gives more information than just what’s been stated. Whether the speaker actually means those things is different than what the listener hears and understands.
In this particular case the usual implication is, “I’m trying to be polite but if I could I would use the N word instead.”. Especially because it’s more of an older term.
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It is part of how some folks think.
I managed an IT dept and my sole employee was black. Great guy with a great sense of humor.
One day, the Director of HR, yes, HR, emailed support, asking that someone come take a look at her “colored printer”.
He joked that as the colored IT guy, he would go fix it. ROFL.
This woman was raised as a racist, but her role precluded her speaking her mind.
Her manner of thinking did out her, nonetheless.