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59. no fng way

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Thu Nov 6, 2014, 07:05 PM

Nov 2014

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First on CNN: Army says word 'Negro' OK to use [View all] philosslayer Nov 2014 OP

Going backwards indeed. eom BP2 Nov 2014 #1

Yep! How soon before they re-segregate the troops? nt brush Nov 2014 #26

WTF is this Skittles Nov 2014 #2

I think this is a reading comprehension problem mysunderstood Nov 2014 #17

Yep. It's more poutrage at inconsequential matters. unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #28

I don't want to be heaven05 Nov 2014 #45

That's asinine, not to mention ahistorical unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #52

don't care about heaven05 Nov 2014 #58

no fng way noiretextatique Nov 2014 #59

I alerted on the rude post noiretextatique Nov 2014 #65

trust me it has to be obvious heaven05 Nov 2014 #84

Look at these racists AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #71

not surprised you showed up noiretextatique Nov 2014 #81

you made heaven05 Nov 2014 #88

No i am half Mexican AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #97

got the wrong person here bud heaven05 Nov 2014 #104

they have to heaven05 Nov 2014 #85

Professor Emeritous...Kent State University heaven05 Nov 2014 #95

So are you calling me a racist? AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #100

you cannot tell another what should offend heaven05 Nov 2014 #103

go ahead and tell us why you use the word poutrage Skittles Nov 2014 #54

cliven Bundy and the duck dynasty guy noiretextatique Nov 2014 #66

that's all you've got? Skittles Nov 2014 #99

I do not want anyone called by some offensive word that is placed on them by someone else. Having jwirr Nov 2014 #30

Oye...la palabra "negro" (aka Neh-gro) is the spanish word for Black. MADem Nov 2014 #76

+1...nt Jesus Malverde Nov 2014 #102

There will be new clamoring for the word negro. It started with right wing hero Cliven Bundy. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #38

Yeah...............whatev AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #72

the truth really hurts you heaven05 Nov 2014 #94

Not at all AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #98

??? heaven05 Nov 2014 #107

State sanctioned black murder? AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #108

Why don't YOU heaven05 Nov 2014 #111

k&r for wider exposure. wtf uppityperson Nov 2014 #3

oh my - am I flashing back to 1968? UpInArms Nov 2014 #4

Awesome. You want to set up christx30 Nov 2014 #5

If people keep voting regressive repuke that won't be far behind mb999 Nov 2014 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Drayden Nov 2014 #6

This is a book of terms to be used when needed. happyslug Nov 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Drayden Nov 2014 #13

Does he look like an Australian Aborigine? A Dravidian? happyslug Nov 2014 #22

preferred terms heaven05 Nov 2014 #113

Now, that's a bar fight I'm sorry I missed nichomachus Nov 2014 #101

Oh, fuck no. blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #7

I don't get it Scairp Nov 2014 #9

is it as antiquated as the term Caucasian? TorchTheWitch Nov 2014 #32

In amerikkkan culture heaven05 Nov 2014 #44

Do the people behind a certain well known college fund know this? AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #73

Nice try U4ikLefty Nov 2014 #82

thank you for the educational material heaven05 Nov 2014 #86

you want use the word heaven05 Nov 2014 #83

if you are white and consider caucsian a slur noiretextatique Nov 2014 #64

I didn't insist anything - I ASKED why it's now considered a slur TorchTheWitch Nov 2014 #96

Caucasion is a proper heaven05 Nov 2014 #87

So what is the "proper name" for "Black" people, it is NOT African American or "Black". happyslug Nov 2014 #114

All terms are based on racial typology so all are offense. Google racial sciences if you have time. Rex Nov 2014 #118

"White" is NOT the proper name for the race, Caucasian is the proper name happyslug Nov 2014 #119

Caucasoid. Rex Nov 2014 #120

so you say heaven05 Nov 2014 #122

My position is Clear, it is "negro", you are the one saying it is NOT happyslug Nov 2014 #124

clueless, you are heaven05 Nov 2014 #125

With it they hope to familiarize they people with antiquated thinking. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #39

WTF? SoapBox Nov 2014 #10

In Latin America Negro is used quite frequently. No big deal there demosincebirth Nov 2014 #11

Does it have the same connotation there? Is it considered an insult? jwirr Nov 2014 #25

The term "Negro" is not considered an insult in the US either. happyslug Nov 2014 #43

I consider it an insult noiretextatique Nov 2014 #60

Thank you. Since I am white I did not feel I could answer that. It has been used that way during the jwirr Nov 2014 #78

but...you are smart noiretextatique Nov 2014 #79

Thank you. jwirr Nov 2014 #80

Better not read "I have a Dream Speech" for MLK uses the term Negro all through that speech. happyslug Nov 2014 #117

refer instead heaven05 Nov 2014 #105

I don't know what is going on in this OP, but the word "negro" in spanish is pronounced MADem Nov 2014 #77

That's because "negro" means black in Spanish. brush Nov 2014 #27

That is the word for the color black in Spanish. Jamastiene Nov 2014 #31

My platoon sergeant was the greatest one I ever saw in Army abilities, fairness, and set example JonLP24 Nov 2014 #12

Negro means black in Spanish and Portuguese but.. KinMd Nov 2014 #14

the word 'negro' has deeper origins than that heaven05 Nov 2014 #91

But that is NOT how JFK used the word in speeches: happyslug Nov 2014 #115

all that you referenced is true heaven05 Nov 2014 #123

Going back to the 1990s pettypace Nov 2014 #15

In my opinion montana_hazeleyes Nov 2014 #16

+1 freshwest Nov 2014 #18

I agree. It is pure racism. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #40

Read reply #17. Then calm down. 7962 Nov 2014 #19

the term negro heaven05 Nov 2014 #106

Ya know..... N.Y. to Paris Nov 2014 #20

Next step: N$$@&R Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2014 #23

I don't know about anyone else but as one who faught this slander in the 60s I do not want an jwirr Nov 2014 #24

As we all know, negro is the Spanish word for black. ladjf Nov 2014 #29

Well ... LannyDeVaney Nov 2014 #33

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #35

Please elaborate. LannyDeVaney Nov 2014 #46

Being called a "Negro" would be highly insulting to me ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #48

Good to know on the name change LannyDeVaney Nov 2014 #49

And I suspect ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #51

Hey, look what I found ... LannyDeVaney Nov 2014 #50

Are you for banning Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" Speech for using the term "Negro"? happyslug Nov 2014 #116

No, but then I don't even favor banning the term ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #121

go ahead heaven05 Nov 2014 #42

I'm genuinely curious ... LannyDeVaney Nov 2014 #47

They don't anymore unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #55

Yes... LannyDeVaney Nov 2014 #56

I'm sure UNCF is copyrighted heaven05 Nov 2014 #63

This regulation will not end well ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #34

This country is so fucked. NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #36

What's next? SCVDem Nov 2014 #37

WTF!!!!! heaven05 Nov 2014 #41

No, negro was the term blacks themselves preferred starting in the late 1920s unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #57

the operative term is WAS noiretextatique Nov 2014 #61

And yet another person assuming they know my skin color by my words unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #67

are you a Negro? noiretextatique Nov 2014 #68

Seriously? unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #69

right...Negro noiretextatique Nov 2014 #70

what did I tell you heaven05 Nov 2014 #112

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #74

They won't hide the asswipe response heaven05 Nov 2014 #92

don't sweat it heaven05 Nov 2014 #93

seriously you are an asswipe! noiretextatique Nov 2014 #75

wow... heaven05 Nov 2014 #90

It may have been the preferred term eight and a half decades ago . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #62

Yeah, that regulation is long overdue for a refresh... Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #53

to all you negrophiles heaven05 Nov 2014 #89

Our executive is full of rightwingnuts Ash_F Nov 2014 #109

I can't wait till a right winger private says "negro" in front of a black superior yurbud Nov 2014 #110