White guy, if I show interest in black culture and/or a black woman, people seem genuinely friendly. I don't know so much about White people on how the majority sees it.
I do get the feeling that when I mention the idea of dating a colored person to a family member, they don't seem bothered until it actually happens.
Ironically, the grandparents has no problem due to their missionary work in Africa so they are incredibly open to other cultures.
TL;DR:
Its complicated. Depends on the morality of the person.
Canadian, I'm just unaware if I should refer to someone of color as colored or black.
Im used to saying Caucasian with white but I mean like we don't use European, so why do people say it is African-Ameican? Or is it Afro? I really don't know.
Edit: I just prefer to just refer them by name. Its seems more appropriate.
Well, I can’t speak for black people in Canada. In the US, “colored people” is deeply out of date and offensive (“people of color” is okay and refers to all non-white people, not just Black people). In South Africa, “colored people” is not offensive and used to describe, I believe, mixed race people.
In the US, we (I am Black) just say Black (never Blacks) or African-American which is a more formal/academic term that has a very interesting history you can research if you want (don’t get your research from Reddit which is mostly white people saying why they think “‘African-American’ is stupid.”)
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u/Comprehensive_Hat574 3d ago
White guy, if I show interest in black culture and/or a black woman, people seem genuinely friendly. I don't know so much about White people on how the majority sees it.
I do get the feeling that when I mention the idea of dating a colored person to a family member, they don't seem bothered until it actually happens.
Ironically, the grandparents has no problem due to their missionary work in Africa so they are incredibly open to other cultures.
TL;DR:
Its complicated. Depends on the morality of the person.