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Posted on 04/12/2019 2:16:58 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KTRK) -- A Nevada school board trustee received instant criticism from parents after she used the term "colored" to describe students while trying to resolve racially-motivated social media attacks at a high school.
Clark County School District board member Danielle Ford made the statement during a public meeting intended to ease fears by parents.
"There's two different problems that we are experiencing right now," Ford began. "One is our lack of safety protocols, and the other one is the safety of colored students in general."
She continued, "These are two different conversations. There is a clear problem with our culture."
TV station KTNV recorded the statement, as well as several parents walking out once the term was uttered.
After that, parents still at the meeting let in on Ford.
"Your words have fallen on deaf ears. Anything she said at this point is null and void and means nothing to us. Because, right now, all of your words mean nothing. You just showed your true colors," one parent said.
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colored students
students of color
used to be a time they didn’t make fun of dyslexia
Eyes of blue = blue eyes
Students of color = colored students
They insist on using the term and constantly apply it to someone, but they have also come up with a rather awkward way of putting it, so sometimes people are bound to stumble when attempting to use it. That makes it convenient for the colored people to cry racism — again — even when none was intended — again.
I’ve stopped giving a damn about such sensibilities, but fortunately the circumstances of my life allow it.
Same with negro (Spanish for black) or black people.
They call themselves “people of color.” A synonym for “colored”.
It must be quite aggravating to keep up with the sensitivity whims of the age, and doubly aggravating when the grief you get is for a “non preferred” term you used when trying to do the right thing (in this case, keep the peace towards “colored” people).
“Like when the president pronounced Tanzania the way we used to say it.”
How did we formerly pronounce “Tanzania”, and how are we supposed to pronounce it now? Is there NOTHING that has not been corrupted by PC?
hmmmmmmmmm......... UNCF? shhhhhhhhhh.......
Because long ago, some people said denigrating (er) things about “colored people,” this is supposed to rob us of our present day use of the words.
Um, when NAACP changes its name for that reason, maybe we could too, but we would be well to point out that a good use of a term fights a bad use of the term.
these professional victims are just too unintelligent to understand how foolish they are....
tan-ZANY-uh? tan-zuh-NEE-uh?
Oh dear Lord literally help us. Potayto! Potahto!
>>>You just showed your true colors,” one parent said<<<
The irony is ironic.
Jut to be clear, odds are the Woman Voted for Hillary.
She should have immediately pulled the Hot Sauce from her Purse to calm down her Critics.
Sardonically, we all ought to scream about that.
I don’t know what the right way to say “Tanzania” is now. The old pronunciation was “Tanganyika and Zanzibar.”
Just call the racists racists and tell them to ESAD.
One of the members of my central committee is a 75 y/o who refers to himself as the “last colored man.” This attack and the linguistic tyranny are the problem.
Any racially/ethnically descriptive word or phrase which is socially acceptable within that racial/ethnic group or used publically by that racial/ethnic group should be, de facto and de jure, acceptable for use by ALL other racial groups.
"Congressional BLACK Caucus"
"United NEGRO College Fund"
"National Association of COLORED People"
And, if "the N-Word" is in constant use by People of Color, Negroes, Blacks or members of the NAACP, even though is it a crude term, people of other colors should not be socially lynched for doing the same.
I prefer to see you as a fellow human being, not a "Person of Color" nor as a Melanin Deficient Person.
Melanin theory /Sarc
Maybe she could have a screening of Blazing Saddles next time, just for fun
... and for a palate cleanser, Birth of a Nation.
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