Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

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 She wrote to the professor, explaining to him that negro was an offensive and outdated term, but he failed to adjust his vocabulary.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.

(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: college
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-89 last
To: Fightin Whitey

That makes two of us.


81 posted on 04/07/2018 9:50:08 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 78 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

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.


82 posted on 04/07/2018 10:46:55 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Vaquero
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?

83 posted on 04/07/2018 11:04:39 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Delta 21

Am I racist for laughing at your graphic?


84 posted on 04/07/2018 11:08:12 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
The use of the word "Caucasian" is offensive to me. The use of the word "cauc" is denigrating.
85 posted on 04/07/2018 11:21:40 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

86 posted on 04/07/2018 1:54:42 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrat laws and regulations kill people.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: VeniVidiVici

Definitely racist beans.../s


87 posted on 04/07/2018 1:57:00 PM PDT by Ambrosia (Southern Born/Bred..NC. Lived in: NC, PA, NY, WV, NM, SC, FL)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 86 | View Replies]

To: FlingWingFlyer

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.


88 posted on 04/07/2018 7:52:23 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

How about LBJ calling them Nigras?


89 posted on 04/07/2018 7:59:41 PM PDT by Figment
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-89 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson