RE: I Don’t understand. Negro is not and has never been a racial slur.
It is simply a Spanish term for “black”.
For instance, there is a country named MonteNEGRO in Southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina. It simply means BLACK MOUNTAIN.
In the Philippines, there are two provinces — Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, both Spanish names as well.
How did it become a slur? Well, it became a slur when people started using it as a pejorative.
The most important question is this -— Why should we allow groups to dictate what words are acceptable or not?
If we allow this, eventually the pronouns “he” and “she” will be considered an insult to people whose sexual identity is “undetermined”. Are you ready to concede this?
. . . If we allow this, eventually the pronouns “he” and “she” will be considered an insult to people whose sexual identity is “undetermined”. Are you ready to concede this?
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In Berkeley, CA, “he” and “she” is fast losing acceptability. Everybody becomes a “they”, as in, “Did they get pregnant yet?”
The word for “negro” in German is “Neger”. How about them apples?
The word for “negro” in German is “Neger”. How about them apples?
The most important question is this -— Why should we allow groups to dictate what words are acceptable or not?
People only began using the word 'negro' as a pejorative after it fell out of favor amongst blacks, which was over half a century ago.
Now that you know this, understand that any black person seeing or hearing you use it, will consider themselves insulted.