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.
I cannot believe how resistant people can be to putting in a modicum of effort to not be racist/sexist/queerphobic. It does not take much effort to use the preferred term.
It’s insane. It takes absolutely no effort to do. Most of the time it just comes across as “I want to still be able to be racist and you’re not allowed to be offended”.
It’s not even like “colored people” has been acceptable to use in the last 20 years. At least not in most places.
Oh, I can absolutely believe it. They simply do not care, at the end of the day. Some people’s desire to feel smug or superior outweighs whatever little empathy they might have about the well-being and happiness of others that they don’t even care about anyway.