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Posts: 1,474
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Central Virginia (Yamagata currently)
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08-13-2009, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by burkhartdesu
Same thing with the word "black". I find "black people" equally as offensive, considering African American's* (p/c  ) aren't actually black |
Maybe we should go back to the term "colored" then.
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*The term "African American" is ridiculous and long-winded -- and in itself is racist because it segregates what type of "American" you are.
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Yep, pretty much. Guess that goes for everyone here, but, to my knowledge, they need the whole classification thing (for jobs I guess) to see how many of each works for said company or schools, etc. I could be wrong, though. |