Ok so growing up I was always told that the correct term was Black, as in Magic Johnson is a black man. Larry Bird is a white man. To call Magic "colored" would have caused social scorn.
Now all I see is black folks being referred to as "people of color". Folks, that is shorted to "colored people" pretty dawgum fast.
Also does People of Color just mean black folks, or does that just mean anyone that is not "white". mexicans, latinos of all sorts, Indians (both dot and feather) middle eastern people. What about some darker Asians and pacific islanders??
Thats my MLK question of the day.