Colored people was what you wanted to be called (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) until you didn’t. No ways was it disrespectful, Negro was also acceptable, it just means “Black” in Latin languages. Then you were Black. Then you were African-American. Then you were POC, which encompasses everyone non-White again. A DNA test will tell you what you truly are.

Colored people was what you wanted to be called (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) until you didn’t. No ways was it disrespectful, Negro was also acceptable, it just means “Black” in Latin languages. Then you were Black. Then you were African-American. Then you were POC, which encompasses everyone non-White again.

Colored people was what you wanted to be called (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) until you didn’t. Then you were Black. Then you were African-American. Then you were POC, which encompasses everyone non-White.