Why would someone think it's ok to call a black person 'colored' in this day and age?

I was getting into it with some girl in the U.K. where she felt as though it was okay to call a black person “colored”.

My friend is from the U.K. and asked this question:

“I’m opening this up to everyone. Is calling a black person ‘coloured’ ok? Or is it a throwback to 1970s sitcoms, brimming with political incorrectness?”

Her one friend’s response: I think it’s ironic, since white people go more colours than our african caribbean friends. You choke us, we turn blue. You scare us, we turn white. We smoke too much ganja, we turn green. You embarrass us, we turn red. We stay out in the sun too long, we turn red. We’re like the rainbow race. End of the day, race shouldn’t come into it. Point blank. Doesn’t matter where you’re from.

I didn’t read through the 70 something posts, but, I said that over here in N. America calling a black person “colored” wouldn’t fly. She didn’t get it and argued with me about it.

Wtf?

I am really sick and not in my right mind, but, is this woman retarded? It’s all fucking puppies and rainbows to her.