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Posted on: Jun. 25 2008,2:45 pm |
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Why is it that people gasp when they hear the n-word, but don't give it a second thought when they hear the word spic, or any other derogatory racial name like cracker?
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Posted on: Jun. 25 2008,5:44 pm |
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Good question, I've wondered that myself.
In my daughter's high school it's fine if the "ethnic" kids call the white kids "cracker, gringo," etc; however if any of the white kids were to respond with the any of the above names they would get suspended. 
It should go both ways.
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Posted on: Jun. 25 2008,7:22 pm |
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I absolutely agree it's a double standard. Especially considering that "black" is ok, but "nigger" is LITERALLY a direct variant of the word into another language! (Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Latin are just a few examples of this) Talk about hippocrates! More often than not, you will find that those sounding the "racial alarm" are in fact themselves, racist. If you look at past history, in the beginning blacks were ok with the words nigger and negro, then they started to hate it, so to appease them, people started saying "colored". Now they hate that too. How long is it going to be before the PC idiom "African-American" (even though it's absolutely wrong to call them Aferican-Americans when they are, in fact, AMERICANS, as much as you and me) will be seen as a racial slur in itself? I say the best way to combat this inequality is to fight it. If it's ok for "them" to call out slurs, then so shal "we." If "we" get called on about it, FIGHT IT IN THE NAME OF EQUALITY! < we really need a bow icon >
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I'm an ENGLISH speaking white GERMAN-AMERICAN, and DAMN PROUD OF IT!
What bothers people more... the fact others disagree w/them, or that the others just might be right after all?
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2008,8:58 am |
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It's especially appropriate to discuss this now, with George Carlin's death.
"The Seven Deadly Words" now number 8--you dare not utter the word itself--instead, you have to use the euphemism "N-word." Think back to the list of "Seven Deadly Words"--most of them have become more acceptable than "The N-Word." 
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2008,9:15 am |
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NAACP!!! If a another race started their own color only group what do you think the ACLU, Jesse JAckson, and a number of other people would say? That is the biggest load of crap. They cry race, when they themself are doing the same thing only worse.
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2008,10:24 am |
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NAACP, historically Black colleges, The Hispanic Congressional Caucus, the African-American Congressional Caucus, Black History month, Hispanic Heritage month, United Negro College Fund, etc etc etc.
Imagine what would happen if those of us that are European-American  were to start a White Heritage month or start referring to majority white colleges as Historically White or even the United White College Fund. Oh the uproar and racism references that would result.
Those colleges that at one time were historically white were forced to integrate and those who were minority (Blacks, Hispanics etc) were given benefits to enable them to attend these colleges that would normally have been out of reach financially. Those colleges that are historically black did not follow suit. While I lived in Alabama one historically black college (Alabama State University) was sued by a white student due to a similar issue. I do not know how it turned out as I had left the state but it is interesting that there was some uproar by the African-American community over this.
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2008,2:28 pm |
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The "I'm a victim" mentality is finally starting to wear out. One hundred and forty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and 43 years after the Civil Rights act, we SHOULD be ethnic-neutral--but we're not.
"Affirmative Action" and "Diversity" programs were all the rage at one time--and have quietly fallen out of favor. By giving special treatment to one race or background, they were as guilty of discrimination as the earlier eras. "Celebrating diversity" perhaps did more to bring racial discord and apartheid to the country as anything--look at what it did to Canada (Quebec).
In recent years, rhetoric has cooled--even the most prolific race baiters (Jackson, Sharpton, Young) have dropped in profile--today, the most prominent and strident race-baiters are to be found in Congress (Congresswomen Jackson and Waters).
It HURTS me to say this, but there is a lesson to be learned from the French. Because of their former African colonies, the French have even more minorities than the U.S. During visits there, I was struck by how color-blind the society is--no roving groups of young kids of the same color, no ghetto's, they seem to be color-blind. I asked some French friends whether there were affirmative action programs, blatant discrimination, or whether there were even subtle differences--for example, "French Ebonics." They laughed, and said that "no, over the telephone, you can't tell what color the person is speaking to you."
That's as it should be.
Race relations would be a lot better if we simply said--"We're going to apply the same judicial standards to EVERYBODY"--regardless of race--and QUIT MAKING IT AN ISSUE." 
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2008,3:39 pm |
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Where's Kosmo Kramer when you need him?
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2008,6:39 pm |
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The French have never talked to an American black. Even alot of our new super star athetes are hard to understand what the hell they are saying. Get the words pronounced correctly! It's not that difficult.
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Posted on: Jun. 26 2008,7:09 pm |
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you have to use the euphemism "N-word."
That's exactly what I'm talking about, why has one word become so terrible that you can't even say it, buit other racial slurs are still okay. If we're going to have the "n-word" then I think we should have "s-word" for hispanics.
Another thing I wonder about is the other racial slurs for blacks like "Colored, Spade, jungle bunny, jigaboo coon, pickaninny, mau mau, Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, Little Black Sambo, Cotton pickin', swamp guinea, junk man, shoeshine boy, Elevator operator, table cleaner at Horn and Hardart, Slave voodoo, Zombie, Ubangi lipped, Flat nose,tap dancin' Resident of Harlem?" do we have to come up with euphamisims far all of those?
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