Posted on 07/13/2023 6:45:38 PM PDT by aquila48
Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) received backlash from several lawmakers Thursday after saying “colored people” during an explanation of an amendment he pitched for the National Defense Authorization Act, provoking a call from Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) to have his offensive words stricken from the record.
Crane said his amendment to the NDAA would have prevented “race, gender, religion, or political affiliations,” from being used in the recruitment of military members, adding the amendment had “nothing to do” with “whether colored people, or Black people, or anybody can serve.”
Crane’s use of the outdated term received a stern response from Beatty, a Black woman, who requested it be stricken from the record—adding that she found it to be “offensive and very inappropriate.”
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You see, "Colored People" is offensive "People of Color" is a compliment... at least for the next ten minutes, after which a new euphemism is manufactured and "people of color" will be deemed offensive.
Orwell is smiling in his grave. He had no idea how much of a prophet he turned out to be.
OK, darkies then.
Bingo! “POC”
Beatty is a real tool
It isn’t really hard to respect other people.
Good point. Maybe he should propose a resolution to admonish that organization until such a time they change their name.
Rather innocuous....
“Melanin abundant”
My grandma called them “dark clouds”
Not all people deserve respect. “Some people did something” doesn’t deserve respect.
Was she in Congress when Biden “complimented” Soetero?
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
Can you be more condescending than that? I’m not sure.
He sounds nice.
It is even easier to ignore fools. Everyone wants thin skins on behalf of other people. Toughen up, buttercup.
I don't see the problem. Woke-speak is not valid English. In the Negro ghetto they use the word ‘##gga’ when talking about colored folk.
My grandma called them “dark clouds”
I’m stealing that!! If its okay, of course!😉
The correct response: “ I misspoke, and I apologize to my marxist traitor college for doing so.”
When the NAACP changes its name we can talk...until then.
And what the Amendment would have done is now lost.
For every ‘fool’ there are millions of people who fit the description just living their lives as best as they can. No need to be a jerk to all those people.
Unforced error that should have and could have been avoided.
The surprise is that he’s one of the younger Reps, not one of the dinosaurs.
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