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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1344521" data-attributes="member: 14668">At one time, &quot;negro&quot; was considered to be the appropriate, non-racist term for black people. &quot;Negro&quot; is nothing more than an Americanization of the Spanish word for the color &quot;black.&quot;My grandmother, who was not racist, was taught to use the term &quot;colored&quot; in the 40&#039;s and 50&#039;s, and the NAACP stands for the &quot;National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.&quot;At some point in the 60&#039;s or 70&#039;s, the appropriate term became &quot;black&quot; which is what I was taught growing up.Now it is &quot;African American&quot; which may be incorrect depending upon the nationality and ancestry of the person involved.I wish we could come up with an accurate, non-offensive and easy to pronounce term that would be PERMANENT. I always liked &quot;black&quot; because it was simple and easy to pronounce with only one syllable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1344521, member: 14668"] At one time, "negro" was considered to be the appropriate, non-racist term for black people. "Negro" is nothing more than an Americanization of the Spanish word for the color "black." My grandmother, who was not racist, was taught to use the term "colored" in the 40's and 50's, and the NAACP stands for the "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." At some point in the 60's or 70's, the appropriate term became "black" which is what I was taught growing up. Now it is "African American" which may be incorrect depending upon the nationality and ancestry of the person involved. I wish we could come up with an accurate, non-offensive and easy to pronounce term that would be PERMANENT. I always liked "black" because it was simple and easy to pronounce with only one syllable. [/QUOTE]

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