Posted on 10/11/2018 7:34:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I Don’t understand. Negro is not and has never been a racial slur. A slur is when you intentionally mispronounce a word to make it an insult, as in the word-that-must-not-be-uttered-by-White. Negro is merely spanish for black. I heard about a hispanic person getting shadow banned on Twitter for using the word Negro. If ‘negro’ is unacceptable, why is ‘black’ acceptable? Probably won’t be. Soon we won’t be allowed to address the person of a nero, you’ll have to address their eminence or their grace or something.
Everybody likes a winner. MAGA
The word was meant to be some kind of slur. Why couldn’t he say instead, “Kanye West is what happens when people don’t read.”
“Negro” is not a slur, though. Heck, in the area where I now live in KY, a lot of people still call black people “colored”. It’s not meant to be offensive any more than calling an asian person an “oriental” is meant to offend.
I think that the more self confidence a person has, the harder it is to offend them with words and labels.
RE: I Don’t understand. Negro is not and has never been a racial slur.
It is simply a Spanish term for “black”.
For instance, there is a country named MonteNEGRO in Southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina. It simply means BLACK MOUNTAIN.
In the Philippines, there are two provinces — Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, both Spanish names as well.
How did it become a slur? Well, it became a slur when people started using it as a pejorative.
The most important question is this -— Why should we allow groups to dictate what words are acceptable or not?
If we allow this, eventually the pronouns “he” and “she” will be considered an insult to people whose sexual identity is “undetermined”. Are you ready to concede this?
When a black person calls another black a "negro", they're essentially calling them a sell-out.
I suspect that he wanted to use the other N word but realized it would cost them their job.
Are we certain that they didn’t call him “Uncle Tom”?
“What’s up with this. I haven’t heard the term “Negro” in many years.”
Not since Joe Biden’s “clean and articulate negro” comment.
I think many blacks aren’t going to vote in the midterms.
Very good analysis. I never thought of this before, but you’re right: there is no monolithic black community.
You can’t say “white community” either.
. . . If we allow this, eventually the pronouns “he” and “she” will be considered an insult to people whose sexual identity is “undetermined”. Are you ready to concede this?
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In Berkeley, CA, “he” and “she” is fast losing acceptability. Everybody becomes a “they”, as in, “Did they get pregnant yet?”
I like Modelo Negra beer...very much!
Don't tell that to the ballot stuffing DummyRats in Filthydelphia.
That's the only way they can win elections.
The word for “negro” in German is “Neger”. How about them apples?
Umm...I don’t think calling Kanye a negro will help their cau...never mind. Keep up the good work!
RE: I haven’t heard the term “Negro” in many years. Are they reviving it?
You’re allowed to use the term.... if you yourself are black.
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I’ve heard “Magic Negro” (POSObama) used a lot here and elsewhere.
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
RE: I’ve heard “Magic Negro” (POSObama) used a lot here and elsewhere.
Rush used that term for Barack Obama and didn’t seem to get into trouble then.
Replace “Lincoln” with “Republicans”. It wasn’t just Lincoln. And a lot of young white men died for it.
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