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Originally Posted by Robodog
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.
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No, its offensive. Would you be happy being called Blanc? Do you really call people negroes? I mean I cba with this convo. READ THIS. AN apology to Obama for the use of the word..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_417406.html
Obama is ok with the use of the word is he? Case closed.
Cheers.