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Plan9 · 11-05-2007, 01:45 PM

Not just a word, but many words.

If I got on TeeVee and said "Colored people" or "Negro"... I'd be booted, too. Be called a racist dinosaur or something along those lines.

Hell, if I referred to black people as "them" it would be probably be misconstrued.

It isn't a word problem, it's a context problem.

We don't have a way to put things in the right context because everybody jumps at words and fuhgetaboutit with the point of the discussion.

How the hell does a white person refer to a black person without being misconstrued as being racist?

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Lousy example: I decide that I don't like current racial terms so I create my own:

Crompsin: "Okay, people with my pigmentation will be Group A and people with your pigmentation with be Group B."

Sharpton: "What!? Why do we have to be group B?!"

Crompsin: "They're just arbitrary symbols! Jesus... okay, you can be Group A and I'll be Group B."

Sharpton: "What!? You think we can't earn our Group A... that you have to give it to us?"

Crompsin: "No, I just wanted to see if I could use diff..."

Sharpton: "I resent that you have confined my entire race to a letter!"

Crompsin: *performs a "Hitler double-whammy" w/ cyanide capsules and handgun*

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I say black. I'm dating a black girl that says she's black. I'm probably wrong. I just hope I'm wrong because I'm not educated in the matter... not because I'm white.

We have vocabulary issues and then we have context issues.

In the words of Stephen King: What a fuck-a-roo this has turned out to be.

11-05-2007, 01:45 PM	#35 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Not just a word, but many words. If I got on TeeVee and said "Colored people" or "Negro"... I'd be booted, too. Be called a racist dinosaur or something along those lines. Hell, if I referred to black people as "them" it would be probably be misconstrued. It isn't a word problem, it's a context problem. We don't have a way to put things in the right context because everybody jumps at words and fuhgetaboutit with the point of the discussion. How the hell does a white person refer to a black person without being misconstrued as being racist? ... Lousy example: I decide that I don't like current racial terms so I create my own: Crompsin: "Okay, people with my pigmentation will be Group A and people with your pigmentation with be Group B." Sharpton: "What!? Why do we have to be group B?!" Crompsin: "They're just arbitrary symbols! Jesus... okay, you can be Group A and I'll be Group B." Sharpton: "What!? You think we can't earn our Group A... that you have to give it to us?" Crompsin: "No, I just wanted to see if I could use diff..." Sharpton: "I resent that you have confined my entire race to a letter!" Crompsin: *performs a "Hitler double-whammy" w/ cyanide capsules and handgun* ... I say black. I'm dating a black girl that says she's black. I'm probably wrong. I just hope I'm wrong because I'm not educated in the matter... not because I'm white. We have vocabulary issues and then we have context issues. In the words of Stephen King: What a fuck-a-roo this has turned out to be. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 11-05-2007 at 02:06 PM..