I was on a website today and ran into a comment by someone who referred to Blacks and Hispanics as People of More Melanin (POMM). And I actually like it. I have been uneasy with color classifications for many years and with my son being who he is, I am reluctant to call people "Black" or "White" anymore (not to mention that his father's family has such an assortment of colors that they can't really be classified). When absolutely necessary to speak about someone's color, I've been resorting to calling people as I saw them: "brown" and "light brown" and "beige" (desperate times, people).
Thoughts? Ingenious or just another useless classification?
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