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08-14-2009, 11:54 PM
yeah ,it alot better to ask them if they are hispanic or latinos.
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08-14-2009, 11:57 PM
myself Im mexican and I dont like to be call hispanic cause im not. Im Latino. Some friends dont care, but i prefer to call them the right way.
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08-15-2009, 12:03 AM
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But frankly, it's pissing me off. I'm doing as much as I can, and have done (including going to Uganda and going to help the people there. I helped build a well, I did a few hours of teaching kids at the school there, and through my school and with the help of others, I helped provide electricity to a school.) many things to try and help people. It was something small, but I feel I've done as much as I can at the age of 18. You'd do well to sort your assumptions out. Thing is, trying to get rid of racism, is not going to work. You have the change people, not the words. If you want to get rid of weeds, you have to pull the roots out. Let's say the racial slurs are gotten rid of. What then? Peace? Nah. People will just make up new ones. Quote:
Also, if you get rid of ways to identify a group, how will you explain them to people? You can't. Or, you'll make up new ones, and then people will just use THOSE VERY ONES and use them as racial terms. It's futile. "He's black kid." "He's a f***ing black person." "He's Caucasian kid." "He's a f***ing Caucasian person." "He's a Nigger." "He's a f***ing Nigger." "He's a Turk." "He's a f***ing Turk." The last two, I can understand if you want to get rid of them. But the top is fully dependant on how the person says it. Which you keep on failing to understand. |
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08-15-2009, 12:20 AM
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I love the reclaiming. It's like fan girls claiming J-rockers. Fag (faggot): The new “queer.” “Like the n-word, it’s a word that can be said by gay people,” says Hill. “I hear ‘fag’ a great deal, especially among queer-identified young people, like ‘don’t be such a fag’ or ‘you are such a fag.’ “ It's wonderful to see young gay people cutting themselves on sexual lines down much in the same way young blacks do on racial lines. Girl: “‘Girl’ is used by older women,” says Baim. “It is kind of nice because it used to be used derogatorily and now it is used in a fun way.” I missed that one. When was "girl" a derogatory term? Guys: Very controversial. Used, especially in the Midwest, when referring to a group of people. “In Chicago that word gets used a lot,” says Hill. And Baim says, “I use it all of the time.” Some feminists, like Andi Zeisler, the editor of Bitch, find “guys” problematic. “We assume the descriptor ‘guys’ denotes a quality of universality,” she says. “It would be hard to imagine a group of men being addressed by their server as ‘hey you gals’ and not taking offense, but the reverse happens all the time.” "Guys" is a "very controversial word? Again, news to me. This is great reading. Thanks Mercedesjin. It's nice to see there are people in academia with this kind of time on their hands. I used to think I was PC, but now I see the PC of the 90s I subscribed to is practically racist, and I must sound like a Klansman the way I talk. You guys should really read it. OOPS! |
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