I honestly don’t care. He can say whatever he wants. But a large number of people are going to view him as a racist. It’s not a crime, but his support is still going to wane. People are going to turn against him. I’m not saying it’s a good thing or a bad thing. But it is reality. He is going to regret saying it.
I view someone saying “the negro” the same way I would view anyone saying “that cracker”. It’s a word from a bygone era. Yes he grew up when that was social acceptable, but it is no longer. He’s going to be viewed as just another racist white guy that no one will give a crap about in 6 weeks. BLM will come in with FBI back up, take his cows and his ranch, and leave him homeless. And he will have no one except his family at his back. Any hope of an outrage from the general public to help him is gone.
WRONG ! THE MILITIA ARE THERE !
I view someone saying “the negro” the same way I would view anyone saying “that cracker”. It’s a word from a bygone era.
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Except there is no “United Cracker College Fund” and there is a “United Negro College Fund”.
There is no Crackeroid (Caucasian) race but there is a Negroid designation of human kind.
Negro is a valid word to use and he was offering his personal view on Negro problems. Rev Wright, Rev Al, JesseJjr, NPB, Oprah and numerous other Black/Negro celebrities have done the same regarding their views on race.
Also, IIRC, the word “nigger” is from the area of Niger and has nothing to do with Negro.