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A comedian has argued that 'woke' campaigners who argue over politically-correct terms for different ethnic groups are doing more harm than good by granting racists more ammunition.
31-year-old Phil Wang, a British-Asian stand-up comic, criticised the usage of the term 'people of colour', arguing that it was simply a reversal of 'coloured people' which has long been seen as an offensive and outdated term.
Wang believes that arguing over the minutiae of closely-related terms does nothing to advance society's attitudes and treatment of different ethnic groups, and instead simply gives racists a target to aim for.
'For the woke, saying ''people of colour'' is the correct [phrase]. Saying ''coloured people'' is the worst thing you can say,' he said.
'It gives ammunition to [opponents of the left wing] because they can say: ''Oh, you're just obsessed by language, not action.''
He also mocked the idea that 'people of colour' implies a kind of brotherhood or community, describing the term as lumping every minority group in together for their 'non-whiteness', despite each group being different and having
