[ken in texas]

- ... and developing a kimchi addiction. -

So she's lecturing us while being guilty of cultural appropriation. ;-)

[Seruzawa]

[sourcery]

Words are not “racist” just because some fake woke maroon claims they are.

[BenLurkin]

“Most decent, thoughtful human beings are guilty of racism.”

Well, when the term is used as irresponsibly as it is these days.

[antidemoncrat]

Pretty soon there will be only three words that aren’t racist ... “Vote for Democrats”.

[bk1000]

Oh stop it!

Blacks describe each other all the time using descriptive words for various shades of color. Color seems to be a major factor in their culture. Everything is racist, then nothing is racist.

[P-Marlowe]

When is this nonsense going to stop?

[mewzilla]

Thank God for backlists...

[Steely Tom]

I was reading Faulkner's The Sound And The Fury to my wife, but had to stop because of all the n-words.

Same with the collection of Flannery O'Connor short stories, both of which I paid money for on Amazon Kindle. I just didn't feel comfortable constantly repeating that word out loud, even in the privacy of our bedroom.

They going to cancel those books? How long 'till they do?

[Migraine]

This is serious stuff.

I’ll go have some buckwheat cakes while I study up on it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Imagine if we compared white skin to after-dinner mints, yoghurt, or boiled rice.

Apparently sugar butt as never read about skin being creamy or pale as milk or white as salt.

Get over yourself.

[DesertRhino]

“it’s usually unconscious, and it’s often hard to keep track of evolving language and social movements, of phrases in the vernacular that were perfectly acceptable ten years ago but are now taboo “

“The term “taboo” comes from the Tongan tapu or Fijian tabu”

Dumbass.

[Army Air Corps]

The reason is that these words fetishize brown skin. Imagine if we compared white skin to after-dinner mints, yoghurt, or boiled rice. It’s ridiculous. In the same way, to imply that brown people are “edible” objectifies them, which is the last thing you want to do.

I hate to break it to the author, but white skin in literature has been described in food terms. Comparing a woman's skin as being like Devonshire cream, for example. Food colours are accessible because food is part of a common experience - it is useful as a common point of reference.

[Flick Lives]

Thanks to social media, minority groups have voices and are able to talk about what feels comfortable, and how they want to be represented. No one is expected to know everything, or immediately be good at representation.

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Go f*ck yourself.

[Demiurge2]

“No decent, thoughtful human being wants to be accused of racism....”
Which is probably the problem right there. Once we realise that “racism” is a huge spectrum of views, from the odious to the obvious, we should respond with “and what of it?”

[eyeamok]

In an effort to put my racist white supremacy in check, I have vowed to Never Patronize any non white minority owned business of any kind, nor will I have any other interaction that can be avoided. I feel that if I don’t do this, those White Supremacy traits I have like, Working 60-80 hours a week, and running a very successful business for the last 40 years or so, raising my children, staying married, owning a home, educated, NOT COMMITTING CRIMES,... would more than likely rub off on to those non white minorities, and I don’t want to be held responsible for poisoning thier minds.

[rktman]

Today it doesn’t matter that some one doesn’t “want” to be called racis’. You were born and POOF! Racis’!.

[Cecily]

:I’ve read so many lesbian romances ....”

She is using this type of dreck to critique writing? She needs to stop reading low end books.

[OpusatFR]

Funny that. I Don’t describe my characters colors.

GET OVER YOURSELF

[cdcdawg]

“No decent, thoughtful human being wants to be accused of racism. Most decent, thoughtful human beings are guilty of racism.”

Hmmm, almost like the entire concept was invented as a weapon with which to attack decent, thoughtful human beings. Invented by human beings who are certainly thoughtful but not at all decent.

Racism is Critical Race Theory. They just came up with a new name for it.