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  • My Mom still uses the term Colored people..she is an educated woman that teaches at a local college but still is hung up on the old school way of talking.

    The Realistic Racist Anne Johnson 2008

  • Colored is more old fashioned and carries with it the sting of segreagation with the 'colored' water fountains, restuarants, etc.

    Homework for White Folks 2010

  • Once again Colored Network News (CNN) gets it wrong.

    White House says Obama does not regret Gates comments 2009

  • Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is 'Ridiculously Stupid' (AUDIO) Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is 'Ridiculously Stupid' (AUDIO) Bill Ong Hing: Vigilante Racism and the De-Americanization of Muslim Americans

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Brandy Williams 2011

  • EURweb Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Brandy Williams 2011

  • Bill Ong Hing: Vigilante Racism and the De-Americanization of Muslim Americans Glenn Beck Says Its Ok To Call Black People Breaking News & Views on BlackMediaScoop Glenn Beck: Term 'Colored' Is 'Not A Bad Thing,' 'African American' Is 'Ridiculously Stupid' AUDIO Glenn Beck: Is The Term 'Colored' Really Such A Bad Thing?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Brandy Williams 2011

  • Now and again he just goes off to what they used to call Colored Town and drinks himself into a hole.

    The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994

  • Now and again he just goes off to what they used to call Colored Town and drinks himself into a hole.

    The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994

  • Now and again he just goes off to what they used to call Colored Town and drinks himself into a hole.

    The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994

  • They said that they were not opposed to voluntary emigration but did not at any time elect delegates to the so-called Colored

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various

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