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Mon Nov-29-10 07:23 PM
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| 30. Its a politically correct white expression |
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assumed to be acceptable to those to whom it refers notwithstanding the fact that those to whom it refers probably never had any say in the matter.
It isn't used much, if at all, in the UK where blacks have a general preference for being refered to as such - matter of pride really given they don't want to be grouped in with Asians from the Indian sub continent. For exactly the same reason Orientals here prefer to be called Orientals.
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| -From Wikileaks - today. |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-28-10 02:07 PM |
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Just saw some wikileaks threads on Hil requesting evesdropping on UN reps. |
Mika |
Nov-28-10 02:36 PM |
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They reckon |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-28-10 02:48 PM |
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Well yeah, they just make shit up, that's been obvious for a long time. |
bemildred |
Nov-28-10 03:00 PM |
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Is the author referring to the increased access to democratic process |
EFerrari |
Nov-28-10 03:58 PM |
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"people of color" |
ChangoLoa |
Nov-29-10 03:03 PM |
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Actually, your supposition isn't right |
EFerrari |
Nov-29-10 03:10 PM |
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And American "colored people" don't resent it? |
ChangoLoa |
Nov-29-10 03:37 PM |
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The expression "colored people" isn't the same as the expression |
EFerrari |
Nov-29-10 03:41 PM |
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Interesting distinction |
ChangoLoa |
Nov-29-10 04:09 PM |
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It is, like the difference between calling a woman |
EFerrari |
Nov-29-10 04:49 PM |
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Hmm |
ChangoLoa |
Nov-30-10 12:39 PM |
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I don't know about other places but here there is a necessity |
EFerrari |
Nov-30-10 02:05 PM |
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It's common here, in academia, sometimes in the news. |
bemildred |
Nov-29-10 03:48 PM |
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I think the expression does come from an old root |
ChangoLoa |
Nov-29-10 04:10 PM |
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It has two functions: |
bemildred |
Nov-29-10 04:34 PM |
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No, "people of color" is not a euphemism for the N word |
EFerrari |
Nov-29-10 04:53 PM |
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Its a politically correct white expression |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-29-10 07:23 PM |
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It's widely used in mixed conversation, too, and doesn't only refer to |
EFerrari |
Nov-29-10 10:51 PM |
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A dubious grouping, I also think. |
ChangoLoa |
Nov-30-10 12:36 PM |
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Except the term is not a "white" term, witness its use by |
EFerrari |
Nov-30-10 02:09 PM |
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Venezuela isn't ANYTHING LIKE Zimbabwe. But that was a RW "talking point" being pushed here |
Peace Patriot |
Nov-28-10 05:05 PM |
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To be fair, |
naaman fletcher |
Nov-29-10 09:28 AM |
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Venezuela just signed a huge oil deal with Italy's ENI. Bolivia just got Japan to invest in |
Peace Patriot |
Nov-30-10 06:57 PM |
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The Zimbabwe crack is a racist slur. Remember in South of the Border |
EFerrari |
Nov-29-10 09:57 AM |
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It is indeed exactly a racist slur. nt |
bemildred |
Nov-29-10 10:04 AM |
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So Chavez is considered a whackjob in diplomatic circles |
Zorro |
Nov-28-10 10:19 PM |
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It's amazing what you can draw out from one racist statement. |
EFerrari |
Nov-28-10 10:24 PM |
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What's the racist statement? |
naaman fletcher |
Nov-29-10 09:22 AM |
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My apologies to all the ducks in the world |
Zorro |
Nov-29-10 10:18 PM |
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Hillary wanted info on Cristina's mental state |
rabs |
Nov-28-10 10:34 PM |
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That's so obnoxious. She's probably trying to figure out any weak areas |
Judi Lynn |
Nov-29-10 02:24 AM |
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Charming. n/t |
EFerrari |
Nov-29-10 09:52 AM |
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Probably jealousy |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-29-10 09:54 AM |
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Didn't Argentina throw off the chains of the IMF & World Bank a while back? |
laughingliberal |
Nov-29-10 10:28 AM |
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Guardian: Hillary Clinton questions Cristina Kirchner's mental health |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-29-10 07:03 PM |
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Jean-David Levitte, what a giant among men. :sarcasm, of course: |
Judi Lynn |
Nov-29-10 03:12 AM |
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Many in Latin America are rejecting the oligarchs & taking back their countries |
laughingliberal |
Nov-29-10 10:16 AM |
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