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Black Spanish teacher claims she was fired for using the word ‘negro’ in class
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| May 24, 2013
Posted on 05/24/2013 9:14:06 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle
What is Spanish for “Colored?”
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posted on
05/24/2013 11:01:02 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: kabumpo
Actually it isn't Spanish, but I used to work with Mexicans at a restaurant and they used the perjorative n-word all the time. I guess they thought it was "cool" to use all the vulgar English words they knew.
I told them to stop, or they'd get their asses beat.
By some black dude who DIDN'T think it was "cool".
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posted on
05/24/2013 11:02:40 PM PDT
by
boop
("You don't look so bad, here's another")
To: grundle
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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posted on
05/24/2013 11:07:10 PM PDT
by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: grundle
The multi-color crayon in spanish will now be referred to as ‘african american shade.’
For the love of Pete...
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posted on
05/24/2013 11:13:25 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: Mark
My linguistic Australian scoffed at how ‘sensitive’ people were here... she learned quick.
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posted on
05/24/2013 11:15:52 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Because "Negro" was the most common term (other than Ni**er) up until the late '50s or early '60s, and is therefore associated with the more oppressive attitude towards blacks at the time. The assumption is that using that word means you automatically prefer the social mores of that era.
The permutations of what is, and is not, offensive when referring to ethnicity like that is myriad. And what makes it funny is that it is, ultimately, the actions of that particular ethnic background that eventually turn each euphemism into an offensive term, so then the ever-pandering left has to find a new one.
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posted on
05/24/2013 11:18:18 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: grundle
The truth is.. most blacks are not black they are brown..
Calling them black is an ERROR... some are even Tan..
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posted on
05/24/2013 11:25:28 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: aft_lizard
That word is not Spanish - and also is not the vernacular in the Caribbean, where most Spanish-speaking blacks live.
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posted on
05/25/2013 12:17:43 AM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: grundle
Uhmmmm K.
How the hell else do you say black in Espanol?
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posted on
05/25/2013 12:58:29 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: aft_lizard
There certainly is a derogatory term for blacks in Spanish America..the word is mayate. What about negrata or negrito?
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posted on
05/25/2013 1:10:32 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: grundle
I remember when they thought calling them black was an insult, they wanted to be called Negro at that time.
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posted on
05/25/2013 1:19:42 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: grundle
Perhaps the operative phrase in this story is “The non-tenured, 65 year old...”. She had to be fired before was there long enough to get a pension.
To: Cowboy Bob
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posted on
05/25/2013 2:58:02 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: cynwoody
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posted on
05/25/2013 3:04:07 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: hosepipe
Correction: most American blacks are various shades of brown. But in parts of Africa blacks are actually black, even blue-black.
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posted on
05/25/2013 4:09:34 AM PDT
by
jespasinthru
(Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
To: aft_lizard
My Turkish friends in school used a word that translates as “stovepipe”...
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posted on
05/25/2013 4:52:37 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
05/25/2013 5:06:42 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: aft_lizard
Oh, great. Now we can’t use the M-palabra without offending someone. ;-p
To: dagogo redux
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
“The mind is a terrible thing. And it must be stopped in our time. Before I kill someone.”
— comedian Bob Nelson as “the football (foo-baw) player” — possibly one of the BEST comedy sketches ever done...
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posted on
05/25/2013 10:30:38 AM PDT
by
Peet
(Come back with a warrant.)
To: BwanaNdege
Negrito was the term applied to the small, bushmen-like peoples living near the Clark AFC bombing range in the Philippines. Interesting.
The Urban Dictionary definitely prefers negrata to negrito. In negrito's case, note the down-votes on definition 4. Also, none of the four UD definitions is the anthropological one (but, of course, this is the Urban Dictionary).
Google translates negrito to "pickaninny" and negrata to "nigger".
So, I conclude, negrata is the winner.
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posted on
05/25/2013 12:02:32 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
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