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Is Negro a Bad Word? UNCF's Big Decision
Diversityinc.com ^
| January 17, 2008
| Eric Hinton
Posted on 01/18/2008 7:29:12 AM PST by flowerplough
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Rearranging the deck chairs?
To: flowerplough
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:32:48 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: flowerplough
the UNCF follows the lead of the American Association of Retired Persons, which in 1999 legally changed its name to AARP to reflect that its focus had expanded beyond that of just American retirees and to capture more aging baby boomers. ...and to capture more aging baby boomers' MONEY AND MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS.
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:33:14 AM PST
by
weegee
(Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
To: flowerplough
Reminds one of KFC (don’t want to mention that fried chicken)
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:34:14 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
( Seeking the truth here folks.)
To: flowerplough
So will the NAACP and UNCF be expanding their coverage to peoples beyond a certain ethnic heritage?
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:34:36 AM PST
by
weegee
(Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
To: flowerplough
For a half a second, I thought that there was a REALLY inappropriate mascot at the University of North Carolina at Fayetteville. :^D
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:34:54 AM PST
by
dangus
To: flowerplough
If the victimhood lobby wouldn’t change the terminology every decade, UNCF and NAACP would have these problems. Today, the term “colored people” is considered offensive while “people of color” is considered sensitive. That’s just nuts.
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:37:06 AM PST
by
inkling
(exurbanleague.com)
To: inkling
Today, the term colored people is considered offensive while people of color is considered sensitive. Thats just nuts. No, it's a way to identify who is so subservient to the current fashion, as dictated by the Elite, that they will adopt the currently fashionable terms immediately
To: flowerplough
I have several liberal acquaintances (I live in NJ) and when with them and the subject of minorities (blacks) comes up I NEVER refer to them as blacks but Negroes or colored people. It drives these people absolutely NUTS. Their jaws clench but they will never say anything to me after their initial attempts to correct me which were met by my counter that if it was good enough for the NAACP it ought to be good enough for them.
I swear, pissing off liberals will add 20 years to my life. I really love it so.
To: flowerplough
Is “colored person” a bad word as in NAACP?
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:44:40 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Vote for the Person who will do the least damage to our country.)
To: flowerplough
The politics of race has become a farce. I stopped caring or making allowances a long time ago. Some communities don't have their act together and don't seem to be able to thrive. That's not my problem.
I don't judge people by their skin color. I also don't put up with racists. And I define "racist" as anyone who places emphasis on skin color. Which is why I don't support UNCF, NAACP, or the Democrats.
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:44:51 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: flowerplough
I don't know if the UNCF should change it's name, but the NAACP should just call itself the RCDDNC --- Race Card Department of the Democrat National Committee.
Truth in advertising.
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:45:50 AM PST
by
Ditto
(Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
To: dangus
Arkansas State appears to be in the process bending (over)for the NCAA.
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:46:32 AM PST
by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
To: flowerplough
"Is Negro A Bad Word?"
No.
Eons ago in the world of Drafting (aka, before CAD), 'Negro' was a color name of an ink - aka black.
(I HATED 'Inking'. Thankfully I had to do very little of it)
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:47:40 AM PST
by
Condor51
(I wouldn't vote for Rooty under any circumstance -- even if Waterboarded!)
To: Condor51
I thought it means cheap or stingy
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:50:18 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: al baby
I had my fingerprints taken yesterday and the form had a box reading ethnicity——Hispanic__ Non-Hispanic__. next box Skin Tone- I felt like an illegal alien in my own country
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:51:34 AM PST
by
shadeaud
To: flowerplough
So now we have two “N-words?”
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:52:02 AM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(I resolve to remember to write "08" on my checks.)
To: aroundabout
“I swear pissing off liberals will add 20 years to my life”
I love it!!!
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:52:02 AM PST
by
SWEETSUNNYSOUTH
(Help stamp out liberalism!)
To: flowerplough
The NAACP should rename themselves the National Association of Angry Colored People.
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posted on
01/18/2008 7:53:38 AM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(I resolve to remember to write "08" on my checks.)
To: flowerplough
I’m from Michigan. But, I lived in a tiny rural community in GA for eight years. The African American of Michigan does not always closely resemble one from Georgia. Sometimes it has to do with geography, other times because of social circles, and also is influenced by age.
I know of a wonderful elderly black man, Mr. Thomas. He works at the tiny rural general store that was on our corner. He sees himself as a colored man... that is his world view. But I guarantee that his son sees himself as a black man, or as an African American.
Age does play into this issue. As the older generations leave us, there is a shift in viewpoint. This is just a natural progression of things.
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