[hbogert]

for me as a non-american, I have to say it's really a mine-field what word is offensive or not in this decade. Black was wrong in the nineties iirc, but's okay now. Colored, seems to have a connotation as well, which to a lot of foreigners is just arbitrariness.

The intolerance for non-american cultures who use other words, which might be controversial in america, is just baffling.

> I was inclined to agree until the choice to use the term "colored person".

You are disqualifying a person from discussion while his intent and tone were pretty neutral (imo). If you don't see the irony of that, then god help us all (idomatic, bc I'm an atheist.)