New York juror form includes negro

[echelon1k1]

Try the word people, or Americans, instead of trying to navigate the offensive or inoffensive labelling system.

If black people are so worried about being labelled differently, why not just use the term "American" to self identify?

Divide and conquer. Hopefully they're smart enough to start a civil war over it.

 

[racerboy71]

out of all the nasty words to use to describe a black person, i fail to see how negro is now, or has ever been, the go to word for racists to use.. i don't get it... back in the day negro was the term to use if you were not a racist to describe a group of people and you didn't want to offend them. there were surely other words out there to use if you wanted to be a douche racist, but negro wasn't that term..
i just don't understand how the go to term of years past to be un-racist is suddenly offensive..

 

[UncleBuck]

You know both those words literally mean the same thing, right?

not in the same language they don't.

 

[UncleBuck]

out of all the nasty words to use to describe a black person, i fail to see how negro is now, or has ever been, the go to word for racists to use.. i don't get it... back in the day negro was the term to use if you were not a racist to describe a group of people and you didn't want to offend them. there were surely other words out there to use if you wanted to be a douche racist, but negro wasn't that term..
i just don't understand how the go to term of years past to be un-racist is suddenly offensive..

how about chocolates? darkies? sambos?

people who weren't racist probably used these words to refer to black people at one time or another.

 

[racerboy71]

how about chocolates? darkies? sambos?

people who weren't racist probably used these words to refer to black people at one time or another.

how is chocolates offensive or even darkies? i really don't find either of those terms offensive, after all, black people have brown skin, not black, so chocolate kinda makes sense, as does darky imo..
sambo, i'll have to look up what and where that word comes from to come up with a legit answer.. words only have power if people allow them to.

 

[Harrekin]

not in the same language they don't.

Negro isn't an English word.

 

[racerboy71]

how is chocolates offensive or even darkies? i really don't find either of those terms offensive, after all, black people have brown skin, not black, so chocolate kinda makes sense, as does darky imo..
sambo, i'll have to look up what and where that word comes from to come up with a legit answer.. words only have power if people allow them to.

although i do prefer milk chocolate, so you may be right, chocolate is offensive, at least to my taste buds..

 

[UncleBuck]

Negro isn't an English word.

then why do we use it in our language?

its etymology may be spanish or portugese, but so are many words we now use as part of the english vernacular.

 

[UncleBuck]

how is chocolates offensive or even darkies? i really don't find either of those terms offensive, after all, black people have brown skin, not black, so chocolate kinda makes sense, as does darky imo..
sambo, i'll have to look up what and where that word comes from to come up with a legit answer.. words only have power if people allow them to.

i guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. i can't change your perceptions and it's not like you use those terms anyway.

 

[racerboy71]

then why do we use it in our language?

its etymology may be spanish or portugese, but so are many words we now use as part of the english vernacular.

out of all of the terms to describe black people, consensus would more then likely side with negro being the go to term to be inoffensive towards blacks.. surely, if i wanted to offend a black person, i wouldn't be using the term negro, nor would anyone else for that matter...

 

[tip top toker]

then why do we use it in our language?

its etymology may be spanish or portugese, but so are many words we now use as part of the english vernacular.

Does it change the meaning though? Look at the number of french words commonly used in the english language, the definition doesn't change, it is used in english, for the french definition. We don't go to a restaurant and order a la carte because it comes on a cart. why should a definition change because we use their word in a different language?

Why shouldn't we use it in our language? We use the word amateur in our language without an issue, it didn't change what it meant.

 

[tip top toker]

out of all of the terms to describe black people, consensus would more then likely side with negro being the go to term to be inoffensive towards blacks.. surely, if i wanted to offend a black person, i wouldn't be using the term negro, nor would anyone else for that matter...

And i'm pretty sure if it was understood to be offensive, it wouldn't be an option on the US census.

I'm sure there many americans who might argue the term yank or yankie offends them when coming from a foreigner, yet at the same time there are most certainly plety of americans who are proud to class themselve yanks/yankies. Either way there is no offense implied in a foreigners use of yankie/yank.

 

[racerboy71]

And i'm pretty sure if it was understood to be offensive, it wouldn't be an option on the US census.

I'm sure there many americans who might argue the term yank or yankie offends them when coming from a foreigner, yet at the same time there are most certainly plety of americans who are proud to class themselve yanks/yankies. Either way there is no offense implied in a foreigners use of yankie/yank.

that's all i'm saying.. if someone wanted to be offensive, surely the term negro wouldn't be the word one would use to try and be an asshole towards one race?
agree, or disagre? if it's not one of the go to words used by racists, why would you think that is?

 

[420God]

So the United Negro College Fund is made up by racists?

nvm, read back

 

[UncleBuck]

that's all i'm saying.. if someone wanted to be offensive, surely the term negro wouldn't be the word one would use to try and be an asshole towards one race?
agree, or disagre? if it's not one of the go to words used by racists, why would you think that is?

have you noticed how often kynes likes to use the word negro?

is that proof enough?

 

[ginwilly]

damn, now i feel bad for flying off before reading ahead.

no worries, my knee jerk was just as bad.

 

[racerboy71]

have you noticed how often kynes likes to use the word negro?

is that proof enough?

lol, never noticed..
for the record, i've never called anyone a negro or nigger, or sambo or any other term.. i just say, wassup, how you doing today?

i just don' understand how the un-racist term from years passed has suddenly become racist is all..

 

[Harrekin]

lol, never noticed..
for the record, i've never called anyone a negro or nigger, or sambo or any other term.. i just say, wassup, how you doing today?

i just don' understand how the un-racist term from years passed has suddenly become racist is all..

PC patrol told the black people it was offensive to them.

 

[skunkd0c]

If you want to get away with the negro thing you have to pretend you Spanish or actually be Spanish



never knew negro was so tasty, available at Tesco

peace

 

[cannabineer]

how is chocolates offensive or even darkies? i really don't find either of those terms offensive, after all, black people have brown skin, not black, so chocolate kinda makes sense, as does darky imo..
sambo, i'll have to look up what and where that word comes from to come up with a legit answer.. words only have power if people allow them to.

I think it's about context. "Darky" was indeed used in the South as a disparaging term. I wonder if the difference is one of our having grown up on opposite sides of the Mason-Dixon line. Regional colorations (sic!) are real imo. As old as I am, that one was always impolite. If you wanted to be almost genteel about it, the term was "colored folk" ... a subtle sneer.