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The N-Word, Updated: 6 Code Words or Terms That Often Mean the Same Thing
Atlanta BlackStar ^ | November 11, 2014 | Thomas L. Scott

Posted on 11/13/2014 5:14:15 PM PST by walford

Thug

As Richard Sherman pointed out after receiving criticism about his post Super Bowl interview, “It seems like [thug] is the acceptable way of calling someone the n word nowadays. Substituting the word thug doesn’t disguise the negative association with Black people.”

Urban/Inner City

The Black community is often referred to as urban or inner city when people are uncomfortable talking about Black people or where they live.

State’s Rights

During the Civil Rights Movement, politicians used racially coded appeals and words such as “state’s rights” to try and capitalize on the racial anxiety during that time.

Welfare and Food Stamps

When President Lyndon Johnson wanted welfare to include a racial component, it became possible to associate welfare with helping minorities. The same stigma is used with food stamps today. When Newt Gingrich called Obama “the food stamp” president, everyone knew what word he really was using.

Law and Order

During the Civil Rights Movement, the opposition said that “Law and Order” was needed to handle the racial tension and civil rights protests. In other words, we need to control the Blacks.

Cut taxes

Making the poor and people of color sound more threatening, cutting taxes has long been racial code for not using tax payer money to help Black and brown people.


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: gibsmedat; left; racebaiting; racism
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To: catnipman
Uh, they forgot “Amish."

And "Canadian."

41 posted on 11/13/2014 5:55:17 PM PST by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: walford
I was shooting pool a few years back with a black guy and he told me of another [black] guy who ripped him off. My friend called that guy a [n-word]. It came down to the use of the word not to describe a person, but that person's actions. The white guy who used to live across the hall, I'd not call him a N, but I've sure called him an A-Hole, and worse. [Liar and thief not even close] The takeaway from the pool game was, and I quote my black friend: "N-words come in all colors." Indeed they do...
42 posted on 11/13/2014 5:59:13 PM PST by W. (We won. Get over it! Or not--I don't care--because we won!)
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To: walford
“Code words” is code for censorship. You aren’t allowed to articulate certain thoughts - and if you do, your meaning will be “translated” by those hostile to those thoughts.

Hey, it’s nothing new! You can’t articulate actually liberal thought, because the meaning of the term “liberal” was inverted in the 1920s. There is no other word for liberal but liberal. So you have to say you’re “conservative” - when what you really want is freedom, and the blessings of liberty, which is progress. Progress of, by, and for the people.

43 posted on 11/13/2014 6:01:57 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: walford
Until some PC Lib Wacko organization starts sending me their periodic publication of current politically correct words and phrases, I am not going to lose any sleep trying to decipher what the current acceptable and unacceptable words and phrases are.

Additionally, they are not my team, but GO REDSKINS! Don't let them force you to change your team name.
44 posted on 11/13/2014 6:07:52 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Paladin2

cut taxes? how stupid are these people...


45 posted on 11/13/2014 6:10:22 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: dead

CIA Undercover Agent


46 posted on 11/13/2014 6:15:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2
"When Newt Gingrich called Obama “the food stamp” president, everyone knew what word he really was using."

Marxist.

47 posted on 11/13/2014 6:16:08 PM PST by Tax-chick (You are never far from a spider. Give it a name, make it a friend!)
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To: walford

It’s funny that the only ones hearing coded racist messages everywhere are leftists. Either they own secret racist decoder rings, or their minds are pre-occupied with thoughts of racism.


48 posted on 11/13/2014 6:19:07 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: dead

fahrvergnügen


49 posted on 11/13/2014 6:20:00 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Tax-chick
You are on to something!

Thug --> Marxist!

Urban/Inner City ---> Marxist!

State’s Rights ---> Marxist!

Welfare and Food Stamps ---> Marxist!

Law and Order ---> Marxist!

Cut Taxes ---> Marxist!

Diversity ---> Marxist!

etc.

Kool, this makes things WAY easier.

50 posted on 11/13/2014 6:22:31 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Boogieman

Gesundheit.


51 posted on 11/13/2014 6:22:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

LOL! I’m all about simplifying your life. And if “Marxist” is too German for you, you can say Communist.


52 posted on 11/13/2014 6:23:17 PM PST by Tax-chick (You are never far from a spider. Give it a name, make it a friend!)
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To: Tax-chick

Chevinists!


53 posted on 11/13/2014 6:24:37 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: walford
I have an idea!

Stop acting like N-words and you'll stop being treated like N-words!

54 posted on 11/13/2014 6:24:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: walford

When the media doesn’t want to tell you that the perps in the latest criminal escapade they say “youths” or “teens”.


55 posted on 11/13/2014 6:25:11 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good Communists, are terrible human beings.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

“It seemed to me more of a euphemism of the left.”

Definitely, only the leftists use “urban” in that sense. In fact, B.E.T., the television station owned by and run exclusively for blacks, markets itself as “urban” constantly.


56 posted on 11/13/2014 6:27:12 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: walford

I count 23 phrases in this screed that are just code words for “honky.”


57 posted on 11/13/2014 6:28:09 PM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Arthritis ;)

That’s REALLY offensive. Not only do whites keep the blacks down so you have so many healthy black males sitting on their front stoops, but sitting on that cold concrete causes arthritis.


58 posted on 11/13/2014 6:28:13 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: trubolotta

“...stereotypes must be earned. You can’t get one for being benign.”


That’s so true. If someone tried to say Koreans are prone to teenaged pregnancy, armed robbery and drug dealing, they would just laugh because it’s not true. What makes many of these stereotypes so offensive is that they are too close to the truth.

The fact is, certain demographics are indeed over-represented when it comes to crime. The response to that is to either insist that the police only arrest people for crimes according to their proportion of the population — and then let the rest go: “I’m sorry, but our prison population is already 12% black, so we have to let you go.”

Or perhaps they need to look within themselves and try to bring their children up better. This is why Michael Brown was shot; he was obviously raised w/o limitations or consequences and became violently outraged that anyone would tell him “no.”

Hence, he put his hand on the clerk’s throat when he dared to follow him after being robbed.


59 posted on 11/13/2014 6:30:45 PM PST by walford (https://www.facebook.com/wralford [feel free to friend me] @wralford on Twitter)
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To: Mears
Anything a lib don't like is racial.

60 posted on 11/13/2014 6:39:00 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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