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re: Question for the board: education related
Posted on 4/11/19 at 11:25 pm to bamagreycoat
Posted on 4/11/19 at 11:25 pm to bamagreycoat
Negro is a word that should only be used in its historical context and with primary sources and titles.
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Posted on 4/12/19 at 5:51 am to tduecen
Become a math teacher
Posted on 4/12/19 at 6:02 am to tduecen
2019 and the giant vaginas don't want us to use words.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 6:30 am to GeorgeWest
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Negro is a word that should only be used in its historical context and with primary sources and titles.
Because?
Posted on 4/12/19 at 6:32 am to tduecen
"Melanistic" is the acceptable word
Posted on 4/12/19 at 10:29 am to tduecen
Am I to take this to mean, for example, if you were reading the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" in class that you would need to not use words actually in the text?
Surely that's not what we're saying here. Right?
Surely that's not what we're saying here. Right?
Posted on 4/13/19 at 11:34 am to imjustafatkid
So to update, I've been allowed to use the term. Essentially because it was called the Negro Leagues and the people who played in still refer to it as such and find it an honor. However, if a complaint comes we have to edit the word negro from the book
Posted on 4/13/19 at 11:51 am to tduecen
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Essentially because it was called the Negro Leagues and the people who played in still refer to it as such and find it an honor. However, if a complaint comes we have to edit the word negro from the book
They're really willing to edit the proper name of the league???
This post was edited on 4/13/19 at 11:53 am
Posted on 4/13/19 at 11:55 am to imjustafatkid
Yes, if a complaint comes we have to call it the colored leagues or African-American league
Posted on 4/13/19 at 11:57 am to tduecen
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am I wrong for believing there is nothing wrong with the word "negro"?
I hear it used by my black customers all the time. I think because it is close to the n word that maybe I would ask the class which they prefer. Negro that is in the history book or Black people. I mean the proper word has changed a few times in the last 50 years. African American is too long to say, so I use Black people. My customers are cool with that. If respectfully used, most terms are proper.
Posted on 4/13/19 at 11:59 am to tduecen
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Yes, if a complaint comes we have to call it the colored leagues or African-American league
Wow. That's...really shocking to me. I hope a complaint comes so former members of the Negro Leagues can come to your defense.
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:14 pm to Tiger on the Rag
Well people have bastardized words for years, look at "frick" "bitch" "retard" "gay" etc we've turned them from one meaning into another
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:19 pm to tduecen
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Well people have bastardized words for years, look at "frick" "bitch" "retard" "gay" etc we've turned them from one meaning into another
Yes you are right. Now the terms used to describe white people has not really changed that much. We are still called Whitey, Cracker, Honky and sometimes just plain old White Mutha Fuka. But those terms have been around for years and I suspect they will be around for generations to come.
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:25 pm to Tiger on the Rag
I heard a student use the word "frick" before and I asked them if they knew what it meant. They did not so I told them it meant to plow a field (one of the many early meanings) and told them they just told another student they wanted to plow his field
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:31 pm to tduecen
Lol
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:37 pm to tduecen
Stop teaching at a public school
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:39 pm to tduecen
Historical writing should not be changed to avoid offending the easily offended.
'Bastard' was a perfectly acceptable term for a child born out of wedlock.
'Idiot', 'Moron' and 'Imbecile' were medical terms for degrees of low mental development.
'Nazi' was only used to describe a German political party.
'Bastard' was a perfectly acceptable term for a child born out of wedlock.
'Idiot', 'Moron' and 'Imbecile' were medical terms for degrees of low mental development.
'Nazi' was only used to describe a German political party.
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:40 pm to Zach
Only the weakest of minds are offended by words
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:41 pm to Antonio Moss
If only private schools paid
Posted on 4/13/19 at 12:41 pm to tduecen
It depends if that's the hill you want to die on. I agree with you that giving words like this power they don't deserve is ultimately self defeating. If I were a teacher, I would struggle with biting my tongue and playing by their rules. But if someone didn't care? Just play by the rules. To each his own.
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