Hi everybody!
I am a Swedish student writing my thesis in translation theory. My essay is about political correctness in translating a text, which contains lots of words regarding ethnicity, "race" and culture.
I'm trying to figure out how African Americans (and Caucasian Americans too) feel about certain words like:
African American
black
people of color
colored (I know this is offensive - what do YOU think are the reasons for this? and how did it become offensive? I have my own theories, but I want yours too!)
any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help in advance!
p.s. I am also writing about the words Hispanic, Latino, Mexican-American (and all other "brown" terms), Native American, Indian, white, Caucasian, Eskimo, race, ethnicity, nationality - so if anyone has any opinions about these too - go ahead!!