[cuban leaf]

Calling a black man “negro” is like calling a white man “caucasian”.

Whenever I comment on CNN youtube videos and I want to call out the person I’m talking about (usually don lemon), I’ll say something like, “the negro on the left...” to troll the leftists. I then say what I said above. I’m not offended by caucasian. Why should they be offended by negro?

I remember the hilarious newscaster gaff back when some negro was shooting someone in Paris, France and one reporter said he was “African american” and the other reporter pointed out that he was french. :-D

[Cecily]

The word was meant to be some kind of slur. Why couldn’t he say instead, “Kanye West is what happens when people don’t read.”

[Ohioan]

You are correct, of course. If someone thinks it insulting to be identified by your race or heredity, the person who has the problem is the one who thinks he is being insulting by alluding to the subject. People with self respect recognize that they have fathers & mothers, and a racial ancestry. The fact does not diminish anyone's complex of traits, whether those inherited or those acquired.

It is time to recognize that PC mandates are intended to stifle discussion of real issues, resulting from problems the Left wants us to ignore.

[JimRed]

Calling a black man “negro” is like calling a white man “caucasian”.

Clearly descriptive, rather than racist. I remember an episode of the old Jack Benny program in which Jack's butler Rochester was referred to in a conversation as "a colored gentleman". Said today that would trigger an offense reation in many.

[Windflier]

Calling a black man “negro” is like calling a white man “caucasian”.

No, it's not.

The term, 'Negro', has been out of favor among blacks since the mid sixties. If you don't think it's offensive, try calling a black person 'negro' to their face.

I'm telling you this as a black man, so consider yourself informed.