Colored

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, though it has taken on a special meaning in Southern Africa referring to a person of mixed or Cape Coloured heritage.

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 the DC Talk song, see Colored People (song). For other uses, see Color (disambiguation).

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