What happened to the thread that began yesterday on this topic? If it was removed, WHY?
http://www.foxnews.com/politic...ncluded-census-form/
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quote:Hopefully everyone can behave.
quote:Originally posted by dogsoldier0513:
What happened to the thread that began yesterday on this topic? If it was removed, WHY?
http://www.foxnews.com/politic...ncluded-census-form/
quote:Originally posted by beternU:quote:Originally posted by dogsoldier0513:
What happened to the thread that began yesterday on this topic? If it was removed, WHY?
http://www.foxnews.com/politic...ncluded-census-form/
An old, traditional and non-pejorative ethnic descriptor "is a terrible thing to waste."
"In 1943, Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, president of what is now Tuskegee University, urged his fellow black college presidents to raise money collectively through an "appeal to the national conscience." The next year, on April 25, 1944, Dr. Patterson, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and others incorporated the UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND [caps supplied] with 27 member colleges. Early supporters of the UNCF included President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. That first effort raised $760,000, a sum that would be worth approximately $8.6 million today."
Should this fine, proud, old organization forsake its long-established name for the sake of someone's notion of political correctness?
http://www.uncf.org/history/default.asp
quote:Originally posted by TheMeInTeam:
I think "black" is a perfectly acceptable, neutral term, just like white. "Negro," on the other hand, hasn't been used since when black people were second-class citizens and subject to all kinds of injustices, so using it today instantly brings up those memories. Better off leaving it in the past.
quote:Originally posted by flotown79:
Yes
quote:Originally posted by beternU:quote:Originally posted by TheMeInTeam:
I think "black" is a perfectly acceptable, neutral term, just like white. "Negro," on the other hand, hasn't been used since when black people were second-class citizens and subject to all kinds of injustices, so using it today instantly brings up those memories. Better off leaving it in the past.
Tell that to the United Negro College Fund. Tell it to those who still revere the memory of the old Negro League and its truly great Negro athletes. baseball players.
My guess is that you are under 40. Am I right?
quote:Originally posted by TheMeInTeam:quote:Originally posted by beternU:quote:Originally posted by TheMeInTeam:
I think "black" is a perfectly acceptable, neutral term, just like white. "Negro," on the other hand, hasn't been used since when black people were second-class citizens and subject to all kinds of injustices, so using it today instantly brings up those memories. Better off leaving it in the past.
Tell that to the United Negro College Fund. Tell it to those who still revere the memory of the old Negro League and its truly great Negro athletes. baseball players.
My guess is that you are under 40. Am I right?
I've already said that's it's not offensive in historical contexts like that. I was talking about the term in everyday use as a replacement for "black" or "African-American."
quote:Originally posted by TheMeInTeam:
But it was founded in 1944. Whatever. This is my last post in this thread, because it seems like you're deliberately misunderstanding my posts.
quote:Originally posted by Tenn on my mind:
Guess UNCF is thrilled to have BTU, on their side. Nothing like a know-it-all, white dude taking up their cause.
quote:Originally posted by beternU:quote:Originally posted by Tenn on my mind:
Guess UNCF is thrilled to have BTU, on their side. Nothing like a know-it-all, white dude taking up their cause.
And thus concludes your utterly worthless non-contribution to this dialogue. Are you such a know-none-of-it that you can post only spiteful and useless drivel? Your offering thus far would seem to confirm that.
quote:Originally posted by Tenn on my mind:quote:Originally posted by beternU:quote:Originally posted by Tenn on my mind:
Guess UNCF is thrilled to have BTU, on their side. Nothing like a know-it-all, white dude taking up their cause.
And thus concludes your utterly worthless non-contribution to this dialogue. Are you such a know-none-of-it that you can post only spiteful and useless drivel? Your offering thus far would seem to confirm that.
I learned to be spiteful and post useless drivel, at your knee. Thanks Professor.
quote:Originally posted by beternU:quote:Originally posted by TheMeInTeam:
I think "black" is a perfectly acceptable, neutral term, just like white. "Negro," on the other hand, hasn't been used since when black people were second-class citizens and subject to all kinds of injustices, so using it today instantly brings up those memories. Better off leaving it in the past.
Tell that to the United Negro College Fund. Tell it to those who still revere the memory of the old Negro League and its truly great Negro athletes. baseball players.
My guess is that you are under 40. Am I right?