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sourmash
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JAN 15, 03:44 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
History. It's the unpleasant aftertaste of history and the circumstances that are still remembered when the words "colored person" was more freely spoken and written in a society that was more "white" than what we have today. |
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Pretty sure Blacks decided "colored person/people" was to be their chosen term, having tired of the typical reference of the time, "negro". Are you charging Whites for the reference instead of Blacks having chosen it?
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rinselberg
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JAN 15, 04:30 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
Pretty sure Blacks decided "colored person/people" was to be their chosen term, having tired of the typical reference of the time, "negro". Are you charging Whites for the reference instead of Blacks having chosen it? |
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I am thinking about it from the perspective of today.
"Colored person" came into vogue as a more respectful wording than "negro." But as time went by, "colored person" came to be rather widely perceived as yet another dismissive and not particularly respectful way of saying it, and so now we have "person of color" which has a formality and a "feeling" of respectfulness that goes one better than "colored person." It elevates the idea of "color" and transforms it into something more than a mere visual descriptor of the amount of melanin in a person's complexion.
That's my linguistic analysis. Not that I have any credentials in the field of linguistics, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn.
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Jake_Dragon
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JAN 15, 04:34 PM
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From this point forward I would like to be designated as Golden and be represented as POG
Here are a couple globes for you to ponder
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williegoat
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JAN 15, 04:45 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
I am thinking about it from the perspective of today.
"Colored person" came into vogue as a more respectful wording than "negro." But as time went by, "colored person" came to be rather widely perceived as yet another dismissive and not particularly respectful way of saying it, and so now we have "person of color" which has a formality and a "feeling" of respectfulness that goes one better than "colored person." It elevates the idea of "color" and transforms it into something more than a mere visual descriptor of the amount of melanin in a person's complexion.
That's my linguistic analysis. Not that I have any credentials in the field of linguistics, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn.
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So, if I were to call Chuck Schumer a hole of ass, it would elevate the idea?
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rinselberg
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JAN 15, 05:27 PM
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"a person of ******* "
Oops--I wasn't ready for the software intervention.
"a person of azzhole."[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-15-2021).]
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Hudini
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JAN 15, 06:25 PM
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A Person of Color was invented to include Brown, Yellow, and Red skinned peoples with the Black skinned people. It does not include White skinned people. White skinned people are either allies or enemies of POC. Don't you love Identity Politics? Everyone gets a category in order to figure out where you stand on the list of victims of the oppressors.
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williegoat
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JAN 15, 06:31 PM
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My skin is pink. I guess I'm SOL.
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blackrams
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JAN 15, 06:41 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
Did everybody see Biden's Civil Rights DOJ pick is a straight up racist who believes Whites are inferior mentally, spiritually and physically? They're trying to scrub it from being shared on social media.
Kristien Clarke put it in writing that Whites are inferior, written while she was at Harvard. She's also very obviously part White. |
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I’m curious, would you have a link or source for that tidbit of information. I haven’t even able to find it.
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olejoedad
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JAN 15, 06:59 PM
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Last time I checked, it was still the NAACP.
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sourmash
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JAN 15, 07:26 PM
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