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Reference to Kamala Harris as ‘colored’ costs Cleveland radio anchor, 26, his job: reports
Fox News ^ | August 21 2020 | Dom Calicchio

Posted on 08/22/2020 3:10:58 AM PDT by knighthawk

A radio station in Cleveland fired a news anchor this week after her referred to Democrat Kamala Harris as the nation’s “first colored vice presidential candidate,” according to reports.

Anchor Kyle Cornell, 26, used the description of Harris in a news promo spot that aired during WTAM radio’s broadcast of a Cleveland Indians baseball game, Cleveland.com reported.

Some baseball fans quickly posted negative reactions on social media, Cleveland's WKYC-TV reported.

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KEYWORDS: cleveland; dsj03; kamalaharris; kylecornell; radio
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To: nonsporting

When I go to Home Depot to buy paint, the color chart shows white as one of the choices. Just saying.


41 posted on 08/22/2020 5:11:50 AM PDT by entropy12 (covid-19 separates the fearful from the freedom loving! If I am not afraid, no one should be.)
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To: Blennos; jmacusa

Hey! Prepositions matter! Every bit as much as preferred pronouns.


42 posted on 08/22/2020 5:15:22 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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To: knighthawk

Why is colored worse than calling her black? Did they think he should have referred to her wonderful tan?


43 posted on 08/22/2020 5:15:59 AM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: knighthawk

I wonder. If I send a check to the national association for the advancement of colored people for $1 million, are they going to send it back because I referenced them as “colored?”


44 posted on 08/22/2020 5:19:05 AM PDT by LouAvul ("..it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps..")
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To: jmacusa

I guess abu would not fly either? One media outlet at least here in Jax refuses to racially ID suspects in crimes. The usual ID given is six foot male slim build 20-25yo followed by no further details “available”. Go to the Fox outlet and they have a photo! Really POs me. That changed when ownership occurred. Now we get rehashed AP stories also as if they are true.


45 posted on 08/22/2020 5:22:05 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: GnuThere

No one warned me that there would be a quiz!


46 posted on 08/22/2020 5:24:31 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: knighthawk
I'm pushing the envelope on Twitter with this one:

Hmmm - "Woman of color" is a compliment but "Colored woman" is demeaning....and it's amusing that a "woman of color" can probably get away with saying "colored"...like the "N" word can only be used by....uh-oh, I better stop.

47 posted on 08/22/2020 5:27:48 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: nonsporting

In color theory “white” is actually all colors. “Black” is the absence of color.
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www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question68124.htmlhttps://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question68124.html

Black and white are generally considered colors. However, technically speaking: In art, white is the absence of all color and black is the presence of all color. To artists, black is considered a color, white is generally not.

In light, the opposite holds true. Black is the absence of color, and white is the presence of all colors


48 posted on 08/22/2020 5:27:51 AM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: kearnyirish2
Like many people forced to tiptoe on eggshells, I think it is safest to not publicly refer to “them” at all; this has served me well for decades.

Correct. That is a good approach.

49 posted on 08/22/2020 5:30:44 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: monocle

Whose language is it anyway?

In my country we speak E-N-G-L-I-S-H!


50 posted on 08/22/2020 5:32:07 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: kearnyirish2

“I think it is safest to not publicly refer to “them” at all; this has served me well for decades.”

Agreed, same here. But I see the day when racist race reverse race relations are pushed to the limit of out and out warfare. In which case the “N” word will be revived.

I have a feeling in the privacy of homes, people discussing news of riots are already doing so.

IMO, race relations were at their best pre-obama, or maybe the 90’s for sure.

What’s bothersome is race is just a front for the commie’s to use. The bothersome part is the vast majority of Black people likely want nothing to do with the racism going on now, but if the commie’s push towards CWII, anyone “of color” will be easy targets just because of their color. It’s truly sad what the commies are doing.

I sincerely hope this does not come to be. I have faith that if Trump is the one inaugurated in Jan, that he has a plan to defuse all of this and put the agitators in jail.


51 posted on 08/22/2020 5:34:53 AM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Kozak
Exactly.

From 1984:

'Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. Already, in the Eleventh Edition, we're not far from that point. But the process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.

52 posted on 08/22/2020 5:35:49 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: Blennos

A bucket of water
A water bucket
see what I did there?


53 posted on 08/22/2020 5:36:35 AM PDT by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: MarDav

Why are people being so niggardly in their use of the word “colored”?


54 posted on 08/22/2020 5:37:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: tired&retired
Yup
55 posted on 08/22/2020 5:38:53 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: knighthawk

naacp.


56 posted on 08/22/2020 5:40:18 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: JeanLM
The F word and MF words still get printed.

Those are rap lyrics. Can't waut for all existing rap songs to be recorded again, saying "N dot dot dot dot dot dot dot"

Might change some of the rhymes, though.

57 posted on 08/22/2020 5:50:59 AM PDT by Bernard (If I knew then what I know now, I probably would not have believed it anyway.)
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To: knighthawk

The grammar police demand that you can say “People of color” but bot “Colored people”. Go figure.


58 posted on 08/22/2020 6:04:48 AM PDT by Doche2X2
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First Thom Brennaman, then this guy. WTH is happening in the Buckeye State?

ff

59 posted on 08/22/2020 6:09:09 AM PDT by foreverfree
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To: knighthawk

So, she’s not colored?


60 posted on 08/22/2020 6:10:26 AM PDT by moovova (https://therealjoe.com/)
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