Posted on Jun 11, 2017
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I'm going to come out the gate with it:
1. I'm not with the "its our word now. I don't like ANYONE using that word without real justification.
2. More people (blacks included) need to understand what he said about cops.
Why is this on Rallypoint? Because I posted it because this affects all Americans.
1. I'm not with the "its our word now. I don't like ANYONE using that word without real justification.
2. More people (blacks included) need to understand what he said about cops.
Why is this on Rallypoint? Because I posted it because this affects all Americans.
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I just think no matter what the skin color, ethnic origin, religious beliefs, etc it's all a matter of respect- bottom line. If I like you as a person, I will call you friend, if not, I won't.
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SSG Michael Hartsfield
I agree wholeheartedly. Respect is at the crux of a lot of the issues and the solutions of many of the problems we all face as a nation
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Until Bill Maher I have never in my life heard the phrase used by a White Person.....ever BUT unfortunately I have heard the phrase used by Black people attacking other Black people. Also, feel that you can't have one foot in the door on the issue. Your either totally against the phrase or your for it's use, there can't be conditional usage. When I first heard it, I had to ask what it meant and then I was told it was the blackness of the skin which brought on the phrase in the first place. Very unscientific basis but it got me to wonder to myself........I thought racism did not exist between Blacks........only to find out I was wrong and that racism exists between blacks based on skin color.
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PO1 John Crafton - The main issue in your story is her lack of knowledge regarding the use of the word "negro". Innocent mistake that blacks should learn and be aware of. It goes back to context. My primary examples of such words - black history classes and unedited writings regarding racism or from blacks (from a legal stand point in ways).
Let me know yall thoughts.
Let me know yall thoughts.
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SPC Erich Guenther
PO1 John Crafton - Greek root words? We lost something when they stopped teaching the evolution of language.
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PO1 John Crafton - Interesting story, though part of me wonders if you used "uppity" to see if I'd remark that given a racial context (no, not in the story - for those lurking the threads) that can be a racist term.
Also, I agree with your take-away. I thought I'd made that clear in my last comment.
For clarification, I don't think you're racist but I do suspect you'd be one to make such a point in a clever way.
Also, I agree with your take-away. I thought I'd made that clear in my last comment.
For clarification, I don't think you're racist but I do suspect you'd be one to make such a point in a clever way.
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PO1 John Crafton - Nah, I knew what you meant. That's funny though. Now, every time I hear "uppity" I'll think of an old white male politician that was butchered throughout mass media for calling Michelle Obama "uppity" and then an older white guy calling a younger white that for fixing a computer - while imagining someone getting pissed about "homo" and "hetero".
You've ruined that word for me. I don't know how to view that word now. This offends my internal being.
You've ruined that word for me. I don't know how to view that word now. This offends my internal being.
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Funny that you mentioned this. I remember being at work, and a colleague of mine called another colleague "redneck". He then turns around at me and says, "don't call him, or myself that, it's reserved for fellow rednecks". I thought nothing of it and respected his wishes.
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Oh ! I can match that. I was in a music class when a Korean male reminded me that "redneck" can be considered a racist term against whites. Where I'm from, that means "country-boy/gal". Still does. Maybe this deserves discussion. PO1 John Crafton? PO1 John Miller ?
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SPC Erich Guenther
Well "redneck" means dumb and reactionary white Southerner to some people primarily because of that Comedian running around with his skit "You must be a redneck". I believe the term comes from the days when rural people would wear a popular red scarf around their neck to prevent sunburn while in the fields.....had like a black pattern on it. Saw it when I was a kid but have not seen folks wearing it in the modern age.
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SSG Michael Hartsfield
SGT (Join to see) - Back in the day, being called a "redneck" meant that you put in a good days work and that was valued. But as people began moving to the cities and people in the country were seen as backward and uneducated, "redneck" was seen as a derisive term
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