I have a fair few good friends that are black. One in particular goes mental if you call her coloured. "Am I purple, green, blue, orange, blue....no....I am black. Call me black if you have to mention my colour" or "You call yourself white, but you are not white. When you are cold you turn blue. When you are hot you go red. When you get a tan you go brown, and you have the nerve to call me coloured"
My eldest is half indian. Most people that don't know who she is don't have a clue during the summer. They just think she has a tan. People have been known to make racist comments in front of her, not knowing they are insulting her at the same time. She is 5'9" and part time model, although not so much these days as she is now an accountant, and travels a lot with her work. You get lads with their eyes popping out of their heads looking at her and see her as white, but make racist comments in front of her. She soon brings them down to earth
For future reference a black person in the vast majority of the time prefers to be called black if you have to use their colour. Most are proud to be black. No offence taken here, just the same as most people. Someone black might see it differently though.
