Lindsay Lohan thrilled about the first "colored" president.

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.tmz.com/2008/11/11/lindsay-lohan-hooray-for-the-coloreds/

Lindsay Lohan: Hooray for the "Coloreds"
Posted Nov 11th 2008 10:50AM by TMZ Staff

Is it 1945 again? Lindsay Lohan is now calling Barack Obama America's first "colored president."

[Drunken Irishman]

1. I hope she just meant person of color and fucked up.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. lol.. .we can only hope.

[margotb822]

3. She's dumb

She's entitled to her opinion, but just because she has an outlet doesn't mean she needs to use it.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

4. She needs to be educated, but I think she meant no harm.

It should be brought to her attention so she will know better in the future.

Not to sound mean, but I doubt she is the sharpest tool in the shed.


I'm much more concerned with people who know to be politically correct but are secretly upset that an African American is President.

* edit for grammar

[nxylas]

10. Yep, she was an Obama supporter

I don't think she meant any offense by it.

[ingac70]

5. Hey, at least she didn't say "Negro".

:sarcasm:

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. Or "darkie"

:eyes:

[evlbstrd]

6. From the mouths of celebutards.

[Hepburn]

8. Well, noooooo cuz....

...Bush was colored YELLOW!

:hi:

[Warren DeMontague]

9. To be fair, that might be mescaline talking.

He's orange! Now he's green!

[dipsydoodle]

11. it wouldn't be an issue in the UK

We spell it colour.

[galaxy21]

12. Considering she was an Obama supporter and quite vocal about her dislike for Palin

I think this can just be considered a gaffe on her part, rather than actually meaning anything by it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. Consider the source:

http://thesuperficial.com/2008/11/lindsay_lohan_samantha_ronson_5.php

[Drunken Irishman]

14. Hey, I've picked my nose, what are you implying?

:D

[AlCzervik]

15. Harvey Levin's mother must be horrified by her son.

tmz is evil.

[Levgreee]

16. NAACP = National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

[dipsydoodle]

22. For one minute

I thought you'd made that up. Thanks for that. :fistbump:

[GoesTo11]

17. Aren't you all nasty?

Sounds like she just misspoke. She was thrilled about Obama. She meant person of color.

"Person of color" is a wonderfully acceptable phrase that signals the speaker's love of diversity.
"Colored person" is the exact opposite.

Now she knows.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

19. At least in the UK, I think it's probably the other way round.

"Person of colour" is something I think most people here would only use if they were being deliberately mocking, whereas few people would take offence at "coloured".

[Donald Ian Rankin]

18. I take it "coloured" is offensive in the US?

In the UK, I don't think many people would object to this, whereas anyone using "person of colour" - which several posters on this thread appear to approve of - probably would cause offense to quite a number of people.

[dipsydoodle]

21. You're preaching to the lost

who fell into the trap of giving words power way beyond their meaning. This is the end result of the tragedy which has become known as political correctness which they then tried to inflict on the rest of the world.

I'm surprised nobody from France, for example, responded. "Person of colour" and "coloured person" would translate the same into French other than "coloured person" would be an impossible construction - as far a I'm aware.

Yes you're right - coloured person is not regarded as being derogatory here. I have not taken a vote amongst the entire relevant community here but then I doubt that was done in the USA either. Just some whiteys deciding what would be best for others.

They seem to have the same issues with "orientals" which is once again acceptable here sometimes even being treated as a compliment to distinguish from Asians.

[buckettgirl]

20. oh dear

I think that there are more important people to pay attention to than Lindsay Lohan.

Really, who gives a damn what she says?