to think the term 'people of colour' is inaccurate, outdated and not generally used in the UK?

[poorincashrichinlove]

It came up in a fbook (sorry) post by an American. I asked if the term was usual in the States and she replied that 'people of colour' was considered polite there. Fair enough. I was then further corrected by someone in the UK who said that it's a description that's normally used here in the UK. I disagree. AIBU?

At school we were definitely taught not to say "black" but to say African American instead, however this may have been some local anomaly! They changed B History Month to AA History Month for example.

That was in the 90s though, and it may have been an effort to "update" terminology which later became less fashionable.