Does anyone else thoroughly despise the term "person of color"?

I'm not a leftist and I never will be....and I find that term for minorities to be racist. It places emphasis on their skin color, not their character, morality, or contributions to society.

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SW-User

I think the term is silly purely because of the fact that it implies white people are the colorless default according to which all other people are defined. And it gets messy when you start talking about Middle Easterners (they have a wide range of skin tones; they're Caucasian, but are they "people of color"?) and Hispanics. I know Mexicans with pale skin and blue eyes; are they "people of color"? Any attempt to classify people by race or skin color is going to present problems and paradoxes.

LeopoldBloom · M

@SW-User White people are the default in the United States. Same for people of European descent, which is why Latinos and Middle Easterners are not considered "white" even if they appear similar to white people.

Proof of this is the different reaction people have to a commercial with an interracial couple.