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To: mass55th

In my 68 years, I would add: Negro, Afro-American, people of color.
13 posted on 08/22/2016 8:30:35 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

You’re right, Negro should have been added to that list. So is the NAACP going to have to change their name because it’s a racial slur? How about the Negro College Fund? Double standards abound.


17 posted on 08/22/2016 8:41:55 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: TomGuy
In my 68 years, I would add: Negro, Afro-American, people of color.

Funny thing about the word Negro being unacceptable. Good luck banning it from the Spanish and Portuguese languages. Definition: "Negro denotes "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, derived from the Latin word niger, meaning black, which itself is probably from a Proto-Indo-European root *nekw-, "to be dark", akin to *nokw-, night."

They all mean black, or dark skin. Same difference. It's not a real slur, just a perceived one. Meanwhile they call caucasian people "cracker", "honky", or shudder... "white" - and caucasian people don't go ballistic. Blacks should concentrate on more important things, like lightening up and bettering themselves.

18 posted on 08/22/2016 8:46:28 PM PDT by roadcat
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