Posted on 09/19/2004 8:28:12 AM PDT by Dog Gone
We've all heard "Bill Clinton was the first Black President".
And "Colin Powell is not really Black."
And yet, consider that Teresa Heinz Kerry is an "African-American".
These are things I bring up whenever someone tries to put me on the defensive about racism in America and how stupid these labels are.
Another useful observation I have employed is "If America is so racist against Black people, then why do so many people from Haiti and Africa try to come live here - many of them at risk of there own lives?"
You said: How about Negro with a capital "N" instead of anthropologically inaccurate slang?
How is "Negro" any different than "Black"? Don't they mean the same thing?
And if you're a Frenchie like Kerry, you can call them jeans de bleu.
BTTT
National Association for the Advancement of COLORED PEOPLE
If someone finds that offensive then they should change
the name of the organization to NAAAAP or something.
My children, when younger, described their friends who were black as, for example, "the little boy with the brown skin." There was no value judgment attached. The expression was used just as "red-headed" or "skinny" might be used.
How about I just call you Mr. McWhorter? And you don't try to accrue all kinds of bogus street cred from memories of being a slave that you don't even have? How about we don't try to be like John Kerry who claimed his was Irish? Or Hillary Clinton who grew up in Chicago and claimed to be a rabid Yankees fan?
What if we all stopped doing this really pathetic stuff?
If they change it to NAAPoC, they'd probably be happier. Unfortunately, they just use the initials and hope nobody notices the anachronism. Move along, folks, nothing to see here - and all that.
"My children, when younger, described their friends who were black as, for example, "the little boy with the brown skin." There was no value judgment attached. The expression was used just as "red-headed" or "skinny" might be used."
That's pretty much how scientists do it. Differences between people are recognized, but things like "The Black Race" or "The White Race" are scientifically meaningless. Because the "races" have no defined edges.
Calling someone "black" is like calling them "tall". It might have descriptive meaning, but there certainly is no such thing as "The Tall Race".
"Negro" is a derivative of "Negroid", a classical anthropological term denoting a race of mankind, as is "Caucasian" and includes many characteristics other than skin color. "Black" and "White" are colors meant to relate to skin shades, and are inaccurate to boot.
heh, heh, hehhhh....the PC mafia's "African-American" divisiveness is being challenged!
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I loooove ethnic jokes and telling them. If we can be less serious about ourselves, we can enjoy our wonderful differences from others.
I tell people I can tell ethnic jokes because I'm Cherokee/Norwegian, and you can't get much more screwed up than that.
I'm not sure about the Indian heritage, but I do know one thing, and am thinking of having this put on my ridin' vest:
"I am a AMERCAN, what the hell are you?"
Here are two racist quotes from the racist Plessy v Ferguson:
"If the two races are to meet upon terms of social equality, it must be the result of natural affinities, a mutual appreciation of each other's merits and a voluntary consent of individuals."
"Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts or to abolish distinctions based upon physical differences, and the attempt to do so can only result in accentuating the difficulties of the present situation."
Maybe I'll follow suit with:
"I'm a member of the human race, what the hell are you?"
To be pigeon holed by "race" robs you're humanity.. and offends whatever "race" you're NOT.. some people are members of several "races" they choose which ever one is more profitable. Cultural identity is another Mob Rule supporting subject.. There is a Black culture , a Gay culture , a Red-Neck culture, even a Feminist culture..
The "race" and "culture" you have chosen to be are illusions and mental figments.. because there is really only one race; the human race.. but many cultures.. Thats why political Multi-Culturism is a mistake.. politics by Mob Rule is what democracy "IS" and also WHY it don't work fairly.. Socialism is not fair, never has been, and can't be. Socialism is Mob Rule and is political gang warfare... Whatever "colors" you wear is everything to gang members..
What colors do YOU wear ?
Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin
Yeah, well.......
from what I've read, many Indian tribes treated the earth, grass, trees and animals as brothers. Many peoples gave thanks, even to the animals they ate. We "humans" may rule, but many times not justly. What did a buffalo ever do to us?
The Bible says "ashes to ashes, dust to dust".
Maybe I'm just dirt. But to me, I'm Wiz (sound on prairie, mad by buffalo)
I'm a Native American.
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