Page 7 - Let's talk about Racism - Activities for challenging racism

Trainer notes

• BLACK (OR BLACK PEOPLE) ACCEPTABLE: The most accepted

term in current use for people of Africa and / or Caribbean

descent.

• COLOURED UNACCEPTABLE: Long declining in acceptability

especially among those of Caribbean or African background,

seen as a euphemism and offensive to many. White people

should never use this term.

• ETHNICS UNACCEPTABLE: A completely meaningless term,

though widely used. It denies any ethnicity of white majorities

and had rather patronising nuances of simplicity and

primitiveness when applied as an adjective to handbags,

clothing and art.