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When did “black” become the new “n”-word?
Self | 7/22/2025 | Fwdude

Posted on 07/22/2024 4:06:21 AM PDT by fwdude

I have recently become aware of a new shift in acceptable language. It happened at the assisted-living apartment where a loved one lives. I was trying to describe a specific maintenance worker who I’ve contacted before and was quickly corrected in the tersest manner by black aids that he was “African American.”

Wasn’t “Black lives matter” just a thing a few hours ago?


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To: fwdude

Novel idea...how about if we just call everyone “people” and not describe them as anything else? In God’s eyes, we are all one people...


61 posted on 07/22/2024 7:03:20 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Theophilus

Asian is all screwed up too

Oriental was more distinct East Asian pinched eyes or mixed

Asian was more brown land mass folks east of the Urals or Constantinople


62 posted on 07/22/2024 7:04:38 AM PDT by wardaddy (Thank you God)
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To: fwdude

It’s not “Black” that was the problem. It was “the Blacks” and “a Black.” People don’t say “a White” or “a white” to describe a person. That’s why “African-American” came into use.


63 posted on 07/22/2024 7:04:47 AM PDT by x
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To: gunnut

Great point.

In fact, the greatest people I’ve met are African Americans, Americans who migrated from Africa in their lifetimes to make it their home. They LOVE this country and are salt-of-the-earth folks.


64 posted on 07/22/2024 7:05:15 AM PDT by fwdude ( Never trust a movement whose symbol is a raised fist.)
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To: Phoenix8

👊


65 posted on 07/22/2024 7:05:44 AM PDT by wardaddy (Thank you God)
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To: x

I had described the maintenance worker I was trying to identify, since I couldn’t remember his name, as “black.” They immediately knew who I was referring to, so the descriptor was apt.

I value efficiency in communication. Seven syllables in “African American” as opposed to one syllable. It’s a no-brainer.


66 posted on 07/22/2024 7:10:09 AM PDT by fwdude ( Never trust a movement whose symbol is a raised fist.)
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To: fwdude

Technically, negro would be the appropriate term.

Caucasoid
Negroid
Mongoloid

I don’t wig out if i’m referred to as a caucasian.


67 posted on 07/22/2024 7:14:48 AM PDT by CodeJockey (I'd like to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.)
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To: Highest Authority

Political correctness is for idiots!

************

Maybe so...... But idiots abound
and have since time began. jmo


68 posted on 07/22/2024 7:19:08 AM PDT by deport
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To: AFret.

That’s what I have heard....But Obama was also....I guess it don’t matter if you are a dumbocrat....


69 posted on 07/22/2024 7:22:20 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: bk1000
What do they want to be called this year?

Something different from last year ...

It's not about being offended, it's about establishing dominance and control.

A slave doesn't dream of liberty; a slave dreams of mastery.

The "black community" exhibits a slave mentality 150 years after slavery was formally ended. It's pathetic, really.

70 posted on 07/22/2024 7:23:27 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: alexander_busek

(Then we’d be People of No Color, right?)

***********

Color abounds in various shades and it
applies to all of us. like it or not.


71 posted on 07/22/2024 7:23:34 AM PDT by deport
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To: fwdude

A scorecard with weekly updates is needed


72 posted on 07/22/2024 7:24:59 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: fwdude

Science experts say all humans came from Africa.

So blacks do not own that term it’s African Asian African Mexican African Chinese................................


73 posted on 07/22/2024 7:31:53 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: wardaddy

Very true, I have a sister-in-law of Tamil origin, but she might easily be mistaken for a Mexican and she sounds like the highly educated American girl she is.


74 posted on 07/22/2024 7:41:23 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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75 posted on 07/22/2024 7:46:50 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: fwdude

Teddy Roosevelt said there are no hyphenated Americans. I would agree that you either are or you are not.


76 posted on 07/22/2024 7:52:41 AM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: fwdude

Woke demons will find you no matter how reasonable and innocent you may be.


77 posted on 07/22/2024 7:54:11 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: cyclotic

Good point.


78 posted on 07/22/2024 7:55:10 AM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: fwdude

I have a Caucasian friend from Africa. I reckon he’s African-American, too.


79 posted on 07/22/2024 7:56:57 AM PDT by gitmo
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To: CodeJockey

Ah, yes. The elementary school social studies class, when we could still mention such things. I remember when we talked about the Negroid racial stock, everyone would look at one of their black classmates to confirm the characteristics. No one minded.


80 posted on 07/22/2024 7:59:34 AM PDT by fwdude ( Never trust a movement whose symbol is a raised fist.)
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