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University tells students not to use the term "African-American" because it's now offensive
https://notthebee.com ^ | Aug 29th, 2021 9:05 am | Daniel Payne

Posted on 08/30/2021 5:15:29 AM PDT by Red Badger

Merely existing on a college campus these days can feel like you're walking through a minefield while blindfolded and juggling nine sticks of unstable dynamite. You just never know if you're going to offend someone by blinking in a culturally appropriative fashion. Thankfully, one school has done the hard work of identifying many things that students simply must avoid saying at all costs:

A newly expanded list of language to avoid using at one ultra-woke college now warns against joking about obsessive-compulsive disorder — unless you've actually been diagnosed with it.

More than a dozen words and phrases have been added to Brandeis University's widely mocked compendium of "violent" and "identity-based" terminology ahead of the start of its fall semester on Thursday.

The list is an invaluable tool if you ever find yourself marooned on Brandeis's campus; it is now not okay, for instance, to say the phrase "I'm so OCD" unless you actually have OCD. But perhaps most surprising among the newly forbidden words is the term "African-American." Why is it now wrong to say that highly politically correct phrase?

For Black folks born in the United States, hyphenating their identity can be interpreted as othering. Some folks do prefer to use African-American, particularly in connection to their ancestral roots, while others may identify with other ethnicities. We recommend using Black as a default, but being open to adjusting if asked to.

That's right ... "othering."

It might be safer to just say nothing at all—to literally never open your mouth for any reason. Barring that, maybe just don't ever go to Brandeis.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; History; Society
KEYWORDS: blm; cancelculture; doublestandard; othering; racism; wboopi
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To: Sirius Lee
Even the darkest Africans I’ve see just look dark brown to me. Why is “Black” okay when it’s not even an accurate description?

Most 'white' people aren't 'white' either: pink, neutral, beige etc... 'Black' actually makes sense.

141 posted on 08/30/2021 8:43:19 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: Scrambler Bob

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142 posted on 08/30/2021 8:47:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sirius Lee

The race is Negro; well defined anthropogenicly. The culture (art, music, food, dialect, etc.) is African American. The political philosophy is “Black” as in “Black,Power” and includes a variety of goals centered around race-based political power.


143 posted on 08/30/2021 8:48:28 AM PDT by RedEyeJack (What was the basis for the restriction? )
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To: Sirius Lee
Even the darkest Africans I’ve see just look dark brown to me. Why is “Black” okay when it’s not even an accurate description?

Most 'white' people aren't 'white' either-pink, neutral, beige etc... 'Black' actually makes sense.

Of course for blacks living here the true correct term is 'American'....

144 posted on 08/30/2021 8:49:34 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: BwanaNdege
“Splib

A non-derogatory word for black male, used by blacks and whites alike (even in mixed company), prevalent in the U.S. military in the 1960s and 1970s.

I served in the Navy from 1961-'64. This is the first time I ever saw/heard that word.

145 posted on 08/30/2021 8:50:45 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: GOPJ
Most 'white' people aren't 'white' either: pink, neutral, beige etc... 'Black' actually makes sense.

Neither one makes sense. Caucasoid and Afroid would make more sense.

146 posted on 08/30/2021 8:52:41 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: GOPJ
Of course for blacks living here the true correct term is 'American'....

That's true of every American. No hyphens.

147 posted on 08/30/2021 8:55:52 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Red Badger
I found a pristine copy of Mark Twain’s ‘Huckleberry Finn’ practically brand new.

Probably forbidden by a "woke" librarian, who never read it because of references to runaway slave Nigger Jim. Who, for those who have not read it, was a heroic character. I pull that classic out every ten years or so and reread it.

148 posted on 08/30/2021 8:59:16 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: EEGator

I fgured I’d hit up Kensington, North Philly, and Strawberry Mansion...
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I was going old school wid da N Broad St suggestion.

Without the gentrification from Temple in recent years you would not even be able to drive up N Broad, let alone walk there. I still don’t understand anyone willingly sending their college children (red, yellow, black or white) to Temple. There is no safe area among all those buildings, new or old.


149 posted on 08/30/2021 9:03:05 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: gathersnomoss
Fine. Do “as they say” on Blazing Saddles.

Okay, from now on I'll use the word "near" instead of black.

150 posted on 08/30/2021 9:10:10 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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To: Red Badger

151 posted on 08/30/2021 9:16:38 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus)
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To: Red Badger
"University tells students not to use the term "African-American" because it's now offensive"

I always have found the term offensive, except when used in reference to people who really are African-American. Like Charlize Theron, Dave Matthews, Gary Player & Kim du Toit.

152 posted on 08/30/2021 9:22:22 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“People of Color” is now ‘offensive’....................


153 posted on 08/30/2021 9:28:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

“Black” is probably the LEAST accurate description of all. A very small percentage of African-Americans have skin that approximates being “black,” and millions obviously have mixed-heritage that renders their skin very similar to Hispanics or even tanned whites. Millions are like KC QB Patrick Mahomes, i.e., nowhere near being “black.” The word “Black” seems to mainly serve the purposes of sloganeering.


154 posted on 08/30/2021 10:14:01 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Sirius Lee
"Even the darkest Africans I’ve see just look dark brown to me. Most just look medium brown. Why is “Black” okay when it’s not even an accurate description?"

Beat me to it. Just watch an NBA game for five minutes, and 3/4 of the "black" players have skin tone resembling Hispanics.
155 posted on 08/30/2021 10:16:31 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Having been overseas and met real Africans, some of whom have no white blood in their lineage, they are very close to ‘black’, but even then the term ‘black’ is a misnomer................


156 posted on 08/30/2021 10:17:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Mark17
"When did “other” become a verb?"

A while back, I noticed a fad in advertising in which ad writers started to use nouns as verbs, apparently thinking they were being clever. So I heard stuff like "A new way to pizza" and "The next time you 5G . . ."
157 posted on 08/30/2021 10:23:43 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Red Badger

Just call them ‘slaves of the democrat party’.


158 posted on 08/30/2021 10:28:12 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Red Badger

Please don’t call me white. Call me European American.


159 posted on 08/30/2021 10:51:41 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey

If you are an American when you go into the Restroom,

And you are an American when you come out of the Restroom,

What are you while you are IN the Restroom?
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European.............................


160 posted on 08/30/2021 10:57:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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