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re: Why are the Redskins getting so much heat?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:38 pm to PrimeTime Money
Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:38 pm to PrimeTime Money
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Why not?
Just because the dictionary didn't list the word as offensive then doesn't mean it wasn't offensive. It just means we as a society were desensitized to its actual meaning. That doesn't mean it can't change.
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 2:03 pm to SabiDojo
quote:They listed a bunch of other slurs as offensive. So obviously they weren't "desensitized" to racist language.
Just because the dictionary didn't list the word as offensive then doesn't mean it wasn't offensive. It just means we as a society were desensitized to its actual meaning. That doesn't mean it can't change.
Plus, using your argument, even if we were "desensitized", then wouldn't that mean we didn't take offense and therefore it wasn't a slur? Something is only a slur when it is intended to be a slur.
"Chinaman" or "Jap" have no inherent meaning as a slur. Chinaman is a Chinese person and Jap is short for Japanese.
But it's the intent in which the words are used that makes it racist. The words are used in a negative way, thus making them racist.
Not the case with "redskin". It's never been a slur. And the dictionary pages I posted from the 1980's proves that it was never seen as a slur.
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