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re: Do you say "Black" or "African American"?
Posted on 5/30/14 at 3:40 pm to Easy
Posted on 5/30/14 at 3:40 pm to Easy
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No one ever complains about Asians born in the US being called Asian.
Or referring to whites as "caucasian" when, on the very rare occasion, one of my pasty brothers draws the attention of law enforcement. I've never heard serious objections to that.
The problem is - the races "were" Mongoloid, Caucasoid and Negoid. Well - times changed and the connotations of those words changed.
Whites are frequently called whites, as well, and nobody complains. Start calling Asians "yellows" - and you've got trouble - right here in River City.
Negroid/Negro is just WAAYYYY too close to another word which has been deemed wholly unacceptable - especially so for white people in the late 20th/early 21st century.
My friends who happen to be black - have never objected to me saying the word "black", when talking about black folks - but, on occasion, I have been corrected by African Americans (and white people, for that matter) in positions of authority - but I suspect they were just enforcing policy, rather than directly objecting to my use of the word "black".
This post was edited on 5/30/14 at 3:43 pm
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Posted on 5/30/14 at 3:52 pm to Ace Midnight
The silliness of the term is that it literally makes no sense. What are black people born in England? What are white people born in Africa? What the frick are Egyptians who immigrate to America?
Using a Geographic locator as a racial descriptive term is just plain ignorant.
I mean, I really don't give two fricks if they call me Caucasian, white, pale, light dude or whatever but, whatever term they use ought to be useful regardless of where one lives on this globe for chrissake.
Using a Geographic locator as a racial descriptive term is just plain ignorant.
I mean, I really don't give two fricks if they call me Caucasian, white, pale, light dude or whatever but, whatever term they use ought to be useful regardless of where one lives on this globe for chrissake.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 4:39 pm to Ace Midnight
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The problem is - the races "were" Mongoloid, Caucasoid and Negoid. Well - times changed and the connotations of those words changed.
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Negroid/Negro is just WAAYYYY too close to another word which has been deemed wholly unacceptable - especially so for white people in the late 20th/early 21st century.
Made that mistake in high school after learning about the three major race terms. It got uncomfortable very quickly...
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