Columbia Student Offended by Professor Who Said Negro Was Correct Term in the '60s

Reason ^ | April 6, 2018 | Robby Soave

[FlingWingFlyer]

That makes two of us.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

I’ve taken to calling myself a “transracial Negro”. I “identify” far more with the “Negroes” of that era than with the “blacks” of today.

[Vigilanteman]

St. Martin Luther King, Jr. used the word "Negro" consistently. You can look it up.

And why is the term "colored people" offensive when "people of color" is consider chic?

[Vigilanteman]

Am I racist for laughing at your graphic?

[jonrick46]

The use of the word "Caucasian" is offensive to me. The use of the word "cauc" is denigrating.

[VeniVidiVici]

[Ambrosia]

Definitely racist beans.../s

[ro_dreaming]

And if you were Bob McNair, who flubbed the quote I’ve always heard “The inmates running the asylum”, you’d have yo apologize to the people you pay millions of dollars to as employees for services rendered.

[Figment]

How about LBJ calling them Nigras?