[Ads-l] un-PC name?

[James A. Landau]

Today's Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/philly/living/Vashti-Dubois-Germantown-home-museum-for-colored-girls.html
had an article on the "Colored Girls Museum" which opened about 2 years in Philadelphia.

I had thought "colored" was politically incorrect, except for legacy usages such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).  Correct?

- Jim Landau (a little confused)

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