“Racial incident at school overwhelms Louisiana town”
I was surprised when I read this story as it does sound somewhat serious. When you see the term ‘racial incident’ it can mean anything, but usually means nothing. In my town (Spokane, WA) a member of our park board was nearly lynched for using the derogatory and racially charged term (dare I say it?) ‘colored guy’. The word “colored” is now apparently taboo, even thought it’s used in NAACP. It’s like the ‘n’ word; they can use it, whites can’t. This is somebody’s idea of equality.
Acceptable: Person of Color
Unacceptable: Colored person.
Go figure.