A Great Negro
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wrote on 11 Nov 2021, 23:58 last edited by
Just imagine....
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 00:17 last edited by
I think it would be nice if the word negro got more use.
It is a fine word with a noble history.
It has a bit of a bad rap at the moment.
Of course the president has a bad rap too, but he deserves it.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 00:19 last edited by
Zip on any major outlet but Fox.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 00:49 last edited by
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 01:03 last edited by Horace 11 Dec 2021, 01:03
Biden did not say that Satchel Paige was a "negro". That's a false claim, and a conspiracy theory. Omg conservatives are so gullible.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 02:28 last edited by
OK, maybe not Mr. Paige, but I have heard that there were some Negroes in the Negro leagues.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 03:02 last edited by
Pardon my ignorance, but why is negro a bad term?
Because it comes from the word "nigger" or vice versa?
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 03:21 last edited by
It’s actually the other way around. But the term negro, Spanish for black, fell out of favor several decades ago, likely because of the relationship between the terms.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 03:29 last edited by
Black people didn’t want to be associated with “dirty Mexicans”. It’s a regrettable piece of American history, best not revisited.
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Pardon my ignorance, but why is negro a bad term?
Because it comes from the word "nigger" or vice versa?
wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 06:57 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in A Great Negro:
Pardon my ignorance, but why is negro a bad term?
Because it comes from the word "nigger" or vice versa?It's not bad exactly, it's more like suspect. Oftentimes blacks, especially young blacks, will refer to each other as "Negro" as a form of address, elongating the E sound: Neeeegro, like a form of mockery.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 21:35 last edited by
Whoopsie....
https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/22/politics/obama-federal-law-minorities-references/index.html
The federal government will no longer use the terms “Negro” and “Oriental” after President Barack Obama signed a bill into law.
The official terms will be African-American and Asian-American. Welcome to 2016.
In a rare show of bipartisan support, the measure H.R.4238, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this year. Obama signed it into law Friday.
The measure updates the terms the U.S. federal government uses to describe minorities, including American Indian to Native American and “Spanish speaking individual of Spanish descent” to Hispanic.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 22:46 last edited by
Lock him up!
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 22:50 last edited by
@mik said in A Great Negro:
Lock him up!
Well, the question is as to whether he's in violation of federal law.
Does a president's speech qualify as an official federal document?
I dunno...
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 22:55 last edited by
@mik said in A Great Negro:
Lock him up!
That's a bit severe. He was trying to heap praise upon African-Americans. It's not like he was being niggardly.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 23:11 last edited by
Sure, when Mr. Biden says something like this it just disappears into a black hole.
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wrote on 12 Nov 2021, 23:13 last edited by
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@mik said in A Great Negro:
Lock him up!
That's a bit severe. He was trying to heap praise upon African-Americans. It's not like he was being niggardly.
wrote on 13 Nov 2021, 00:40 last edited by@jolly said in A Great Negro:
@mik said in A Great Negro:
Lock him up!
That's a bit severe. He was trying to heap praise upon African-Americans. It's not like he was being niggardly.
Negro, please……
