Posted on 06/09/2019 5:43:09 PM PDT by EdnaMode
because they own the color black /s
According to scientists, neither white nor black are colors, so how could “Women of color” get upset as they cannot be a women of “color”?
“make(s) me wonder if they are my friends at all”
Do you really wonder?
The color white is the mixture of every color of light while black is the total absence of light.
“Women of color call out Dictionary.com’s ‘offensive’ definition of ‘black’: ‘This needs to change”
Women of color...WOC’S...may we call you that?
http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/lying/four_lies.htm
White lie
In this model, white lies are altruistic as we seek first to
help others, even at some cost to ourselves.
In practice, there are shades of white and what we tell
ourselves are white lies are often tending more towards
gray than pure white.
Even when we lose out significantly, there is arguably
always some benefit, for example in the way we feel good
about our actions and how others praise or thank us for
our selflessness.
Gray lie
Most of the lies we tell are gray lies. They are partly to
help others and partly to help ourselves. They may vary in
the shade of gray, depending on the balance of help and harm.
Gray lies are, almost by definition, hard to clarify. For
example you can lie to help a friend out of trouble but then
gain the reciprocal benefit of them lying for you while those
they have harmed in some way lose out.
Black lie
Black lies are about simple and callous selfishness. We tell
black lies when others gain nothing and the sole purpose is
either to get ourselves out of trouble (reducing harm against
ourselves) or to gain something we desire (increasing benefits
for ourselves).
The worst black lies are very harmful for others. Perhaps the
very worst gain us a little yet harm others a great deal.
Red lie
Red lies are about spite and revenge. They are driven by the
motive to harm others even at the expense of harming oneself.
They may even be carved in blood.
When we are angry at others, perhaps because of a long feud
or where we feel they have wronged us in some way, we feel a
sense of betrayal and so seek retributive justice, which we
may dispense without thought of consequence.
No. Call them “pathetic whining losers”. That’s the ticket .
Best question yet.
Best question yet.
Of course not. Message to black activists: Your actions can cause distrust. Stop it.
“Nlack” is a cultural identifier- not a racial one.
“Black” is what Dems use to conflate race and culture.
50’s demonstrators weren’t asking to be allowed to be “Black”, that was already their situation.
Noir will be the new N word.
I’m OFFENDED when I say something and somebody replies “Right on”. They’re attacking me because I’m conservative. And they never clarify when I reply “on what?”. /s
I’ve never seen a “black” person who is black. I’ve never known a “white” person who is white. Some come close, but none 100% so.
denigrate
[ den-i-greyt ]
SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR denigrate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing.
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone’s character.
to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage: to denigrate someone’s contributions to a project.
to make black; blacken: rain clouds denigrating the sky.
The moment the definitions are changed, the world will be required to refer to people of color as something other than “black”. Mark my words.
That’s not what Booker T. Washington said. Whatever you posted reeks of PC.
Well, they chose to be called black. In fact, 40 years ago they made a big deal of it. Maybe they should go back to Negro which does not have those definitions of gloomy, dark, etc., but is simply a word that is used to describe the race and has no other meaning. The definitions for black were here first and it is going to be awfully difficult to understand what the word means in books and letters written in the past if we arbitrarily change the meaning(s) of the word. It will still have be included in the dictionary with all those definitions, about all that could be done is to describe them as archaic, as is done with other words that are no longer commonly in use or the meaning has changed over the centuries. But those changes occurred naturally, not just because someone decided to change the meaning. Recently, there has been so much confusion in language, and it serves no intelligent sensible purpose, not to mention creating a lack of clarity.
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