"People of color" was; Re: Whom Hispanics call "Hispanic" -- or not

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Thu May 28 13:24:41 UTC 2009


At 5/27/2009 05:59 PM, Baker, John wrote:
>        I think that's pretty standard.  I understand "person of color"
>to refer to any racial or ethnic minority.

Do the "yellow races" in China, Japan, etc., refer to the minority
whites as "persons of color"?

Joel

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