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Columbia Student Offended by Professor Who Said Negro Was Correct Term in the '60s
Reason ^ | April 6, 2018 | Robby Soave

Posted on 04/07/2018 5:16:32 AM PDT by C19fan

A Columbia University student was angry with her sociology professor for saying it was appropriate to use the term negro when referring to people of color while discussing the 1960s. She wrote to the professor, explaining to him that negro was an offensive and outdated term, but he failed to adjust his vocabulary. "I didn't pay attention in class after that," the student, Maria Martinez, told The Columbia Daily Spectator.

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Don't tell the snowflake about the United Negro College Fund.
1 posted on 04/07/2018 5:16:33 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Triggered!


2 posted on 04/07/2018 5:17:18 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: C19fan

There really doesn’t exist a response within the realm of reason to that kind of insanity. Best to protect those in the vicinity first from them, then have a discussion on why they were outside the confines of an asylum.


3 posted on 04/07/2018 5:20:07 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: C19fan

How did it come to this?


4 posted on 04/07/2018 5:20:50 AM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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My father said colored till the day he died. It was the polite word to use even in the 60s. Black guys I worked with in the late 60s would say “you know ‘John Smith’? About your height? Colored fella?”


5 posted on 04/07/2018 5:22:06 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: C19fan

These snowflakes need some serious ass-kicking!

They are not ready, emotionally, to interact with society and have no critical reasoning skills.

There used to be a plaque on Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin, referring to the “fearless sifting and winnowing” of ideas.

I imagine that plaque has been removed because it was a trigger.


6 posted on 04/07/2018 5:22:40 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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To: C19fan

Not positive the origins of the word Negro, but I suspect it came from the spanish world negro’, meaning black.

Am I off base here?


7 posted on 04/07/2018 5:23:19 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: John W

A half-century of the great society, affirmative action, and unionized teachers.


8 posted on 04/07/2018 5:23:28 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: C19fan

Maybe the NAACP... The National Association of COLORED People also needs to change it’s name. Sometimes people are just easily offended...


9 posted on 04/07/2018 5:24:37 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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Don't tell the snowflake about the United Negro College Fund.

Or, for that matter, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

10 posted on 04/07/2018 5:24:42 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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Maria Martinez is offended by this? Pobrecita!


11 posted on 04/07/2018 5:28:01 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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Seems there are those who are easily offended. Seems this young woman has not knowledge of history.


12 posted on 04/07/2018 5:28:08 AM PDT by tillacum (I'm still a Deplorable and I COLLUDED during the election SO THE DONALD could WIN! I voted.)
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To: C19fan

If I’m not mistaken back in the 60’s the Blacks referred to Jews as ‘Goldbergs’


13 posted on 04/07/2018 5:28:15 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: servantboy777

It has its roots in Latin back to the Roman Empire

What is the Latin word for black?
Latin words for black
ater atricolor
carbo furvus
niger nigrans
nigrum, perniger
pulleiaceus pullejaceus
nigredo teter
nigrum nigro
nigris


14 posted on 04/07/2018 5:28:53 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: C19fan

That “student” was trying to teach the teacher. And when it failed, she went public. Good luck to that loser trying to find a job.


15 posted on 04/07/2018 5:29:18 AM PDT by Thebaddog (Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar.)
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And these are the best of the best. Yikes. I assume that Columbia is a decent school....I know possibly making an ass of myself with that thought.


16 posted on 04/07/2018 5:29:54 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: C19fan

Being easily offended is no way to go through life.


17 posted on 04/07/2018 5:31:02 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: tillacum

OOPs, proof read till....young woman has NO knowledge.....


18 posted on 04/07/2018 5:31:12 AM PDT by tillacum (I'm still a Deplorable and I COLLUDED during the election SO THE DONALD could WIN! I voted.)
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To: C19fan

The problem is, these are the same cupcakes who are now interpreting the Bill of Rights for us. The lunatics are running the asylum.


19 posted on 04/07/2018 5:31:18 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: rovenstinez

My amazement is that this was in a Sociology class. That is typically what you talk about society today and yesterday. This professor needs to fail this student for just being dumb.


20 posted on 04/07/2018 5:31:21 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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