[Jose Mourinho]

Originally Posted by Robodog

For someone who just told me you CBA with this convo, you seem unable to actually follow that through and walk away from it.

You are telling me to 'go read about the history of the word'? I know all about it son and i have given examples of its history. I am simply pointing out the confusion surrounding its use from being a very recent, accepted official racial category on the census in 2010 to suddenly switching and being an offensive term in 2015.

Yes it's 'A word' - but whatever term is used to describe racial types is always going to be 'A word'. And we need words to describe ourselves and the world around us. The question is - what words CAN we use without someone getting offended? My point being what is an acceptable term on mpnday may become unacceptable by wednesday, so how do you keep up? The rules keep changing and it's maddening, do you not see that?

For example - What word would YOU use to describe the racial type of Martin Luther King?

He didn't like the word 'black', he preferred the word 'negro'. But what would YOU call him?

Martin Luther King was born when that word was acceptable. His use of it is far different from the one this thread is related to. To compare it to that is avoiding the reality of the situation. The word has now become unacceptable over the years. Do you not see that? And its not just "A word " anymore. The world is not as simple as that.