[Robodog]

Originally Posted by Jose Mourinho

I have only seen Ken discussing the use of the word with 2 black people so far. Alex and the black lady on Loose Women. Both said the word is unacceptable and the lady on loose women pointed out it is also now seen as a racist word. I DONT see how this debate continues with such clear evidence pointing out the word IS racist and IS offensive.

The evidence is that the two most respected black figures in modern political history, being Barack Obama and Martin Luther King - BOTH use that word as a racial category (see Obama's US census of 2010). No wonder many people (Ken included) feel comfortable in using it as an acceptable racial term. Until now.

So what happened to make it racist all of a sudden? Who decided it was racist? BB?

Does that also now mean that ALL the racial categories on the census list are suddenly to be considered as equally racist: including 'hispanic', 'caucasian' etc?

Or if it's just 'Negro' that's to be considered offensive now, then what word are we supposed to use instead as the Black equivalent of 'Caucasian'?

And will that new word also become offensive in the next 4 years just as 'Negro' has from 2010 - 2014?

I'm just highlighting the insanity of it all here.