people of color

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Indigo:

> "People of color" is alive & well, meaning people who are not white. I
> understand that in the past it was more specific, meaning Black (or black,
> or African American, or African, &c.) people. I think some people still
> understand it that way. This is totally anecdotal, but fwiw: 8 or 9 years
> ago we ran an ad for a housemate saying we were a "women of color"
> household. We got several responses from older (to us, in our 20s at the
> time -- they were in their 40s) African American women. In contrast, women
> our age who answered the ad were of various different colors.

Hmmmmm. . . . . might be true in your part of the country.  Out here(I live
in Seattle), "people of color" almost always refers to people of African
ancestry.  People who are not "white" are usually referred to as
"Latinos/Hispanics", "Native Americans", etc.
Anne Gilbert