When you don’t know what to say

Good Morning America’s (GMA) Amy Robach is not a having a good morning right now.  She said the wrong word during an on- air show.  To be sure, it was a racial slur: colored people. I know, I know.  It’s really close to the word now being used: people of color.  But, not really. People of […]

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I Don’t Like “People of Color”

I hate the descriptor “people of color.”  First, the phrase suggests that “color” is the principle identifier for human beings.  Secondly, white is a color too.  Lastly, it smacks of separation.  There are people of color and then, there are just people or people of no color, I guess. My distaste was confirmed while reading […]

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