Taffy was a Welshman: Racist nursery Rhymes

[jimmy olsen]

My dad's parents used the term "colored" but as far as I could tell didn't mean anything negative by it.  My mom's mom was the enlightened counterbalance to my mom's dad, who seemed to delight in using the n-word, though I wonder sometimes if he did that just to push her buttons.  I always watched him closely when he interacted with a black store employee, waiter, etc. and never saw him treat them with any less respect than he would show a white person.

I thought the term "coloured" was now rather quaint and old-fashioned, but it was never considered derogatory.  I assume that's why the NAACP used the word at least.

Up until the late 60s at least, "black" was considered a derogatory or at least impolite term, though not as bad as the n-word;  "colored" was the polite, non-derogatory term to use to refer to Americans of African descent.

I thought Negro was the pc term of the day.

[dps]

My dad's parents used the term "colored" but as far as I could tell didn't mean anything negative by it.  My mom's mom was the enlightened counterbalance to my mom's dad, who seemed to delight in using the n-word, though I wonder sometimes if he did that just to push her buttons.  I always watched him closely when he interacted with a black store employee, waiter, etc. and never saw him treat them with any less respect than he would show a white person.

I thought the term "coloured" was now rather quaint and old-fashioned, but it was never considered derogatory.  I assume that's why the NAACP used the word at least.

Up until the late 60s at least, "black" was considered a derogatory or at least impolite term, though not as bad as the n-word;  "colored" was the polite, non-derogatory term to use to refer to Americans of African descent.

I thought Negro was the pc term of the day.

I think it was more the academic term, more-or-less like "African American" or "Afro-American".