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Colored
Racial exonym / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the term used mostly in the United States and United Kingdom. For the term used for an ethnic group in Southern Africa, see Coloureds. For other uses, see Color (disambiguation).
Colored (or coloured) is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow Era to refer to an African American. In many places, it may be considered a slur.[1] It has taken on a special meaning in Southern Africa referring to a person of mixed or Cape Coloured heritage.[2]
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"Colored people" redirects here. For the modern term referring to non-white people, see People of color. For the DC Talk song, see Colored People (song).