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Originally Posted by alansmithee
Why should blacks be offended by anything anymore, they are no longer slaves, and white people have been more than accomodating towards black people since then.
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Holy shit you're ignorant. There is a lot of racism in the USA, and not just towards black people. If you can't figure out what I mean, get out of your house once in a while and learn a little about the world around you.
Back to the topic, if Swedes recognize the word nigger, then adding black to the product name was a total dumbass decision by the company who makes it. The design of the word 'black' on the product takes it a little bit further if you look at it a certain way. I don't think the product is racist but could definately be percieved as racially insensitive by many people.. I don't know how this got through all the phases of reviewing the design of a new product.
I was thinking about words that mean something else in another language. I was told that in some South American countries 'Bob Dole' was similar to something that meant 'penis' and that caused some issues when he was running for president. And speaking of the word 'penis' I'm wondering if connyosis (or anybody else that knows a little .se) thought anything of Redlemon's name..