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Posted: 7/16/2008 4:44:02 PM EDT

tase it now. Kill it with fire. Pray for its soul.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:44:31 PM EDT

[#1]

its spanish

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:44:55 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
its spanish

True. I don't think that's how people see it though.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:45:05 PM EDT

[#3]

Latin?

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:45:06 PM EDT

[#4]

A racial slur? Are you fucking serious?

You're on the Internet. Use Wikipedia or Google to find out the etymology and definition of "Negro".

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:45:24 PM EDT

[#5]

I think it's pretty hard to argue that a term used repeatedly by Martin Luther King Jr. is inherently racist.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:45:31 PM EDT

[#6]

Because outside of ARFCOM, the term "Cracker" and "Honky" are used all day long and nobody notices.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:45:40 PM EDT

[#7]

I've heard blacks refer to themselves as "negro".

ETA-- This confirms my long held belief that some people just look for shit to whine about.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:45:55 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
A racial slur? Are you fucking serious?

You're on the Internet. Use Wikipedia or Google to find out the etymology and definition of "Negro".

That's just what I always thought it was. Bear in mind I went to public school

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:46:28 PM EDT

[#9]

It is permitted because it is correct terminology. Ever hear of the United Negro College Fund?

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:46:48 PM EDT

[#10]

I suppose you never watched All in the Family growing up either....

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:46:56 PM EDT

[#11]

when the United Negro College Fund changes their name, then I will stop using the word Negro.

Not a slur in any regards in my book.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:46:59 PM EDT

[#12]

Next thing you'll be telling us is that "Colored" is racist.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:47:06 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

I predict 90% of the comments will be telling me to toughen up or go join the NAACP or something.

Toughen up or go join the NAACP

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:47:29 PM EDT

[#14]

About UNCF

UNCF-the United Negro College Fund-is the nation's oldest and most successful minority education assistance organization. Its mission is to increase minority degree attainment by providing financial support to its 39 member institutions, reducing financial barriers to college and serving as a national advocate for minority education. UNCF institutions and other historically black colleges and universities are highly effective, awarding 18 percent of African American baccalaureate degrees. UNCF administers more than 400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship, mentoring, summer enrichment, and curriculum and faculty development programs. Today, UNCF supports more than 60,000 students at over 900 colleges and universities across the country. UNCF's recently redesigned logo and brand identity feature UNCF's torch of leadership in education and its widely recognized motto, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."® Learn more at www.UNCF.org

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:47:40 PM EDT

[#15]

Wikipedia - Negro

Negro is a term referring to people of Black African ancestry. Prior to the shift in the lexicon of American and worldwide classification of race and ethnicity in the late 1960s, the appellation was accepted as a normal neutral formal term both by those of Black African descent as well as non-African blacks. Now it is often considered an ethnic slur[1][2][3] although the term is considered archaic and is not even common as a racist slur. The term is still used in some contexts for historical reasons such as in the name of the United Negro College Fund[4][5]. "Negro" means "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, and the French "noir" as well as the Italian "nero"- all of which derive from the (Latin: niger = "black"). In Italy the word "negro" is still used by a lot of people without offensive meaning, even if someone think that the politically correct word to refer to a black people is "nero" (meaning black) or "di colore" (that mean "coloured").

Modern synonyms in common use include:

"Black"
"Black African"
"African American" (in the United States)
Contents [hide]
1 In English
2 In other languages
3 References
4 Further reading
5 See also

[edit] In English
Around 1442, the Portuguese first arrived in sub-Saharan Africa while trying to find a sea route to India. The term negro, literally meaning "black", was used by the Spanish and Portuguese to refer to people. From the 18th century to the mid-20th century, "negro" (later capitalized) was considered the proper English term for all people of sub-Saharan African origin.

It fell out of favor by the 1970s in the United States after the Civil Rights movement. However, it is necessary to note that older African Americans from the period when "Negro" was considered acceptable, initially found the term "Black" more offensive than "Negro". Evidence for this is in historical African-American organizations and institutions' utilization of the term--such as the United Negro College Fund. In current English language usage, "Negro" is generally considered acceptable in a historical context or in the name of older organizations, as in Negro spirituals, the United Negro College Fund or the Journal of Negro Education. The U.S. Census now uses the grouping "Black or African American."

A specifically female form of the word—negress (sometimes capitalized) —was sometimes used; but, like another gender-specific word "Jewess", it has all but completely fallen from use. (An exception is its extremely unusual use in the titles of paintings, drawings[1] and sculptures,[2] largely as an allusion to the formerly common occurrence of the word in such titles, but such usage has dropped off dramatically.) Both are considered racist and sexist, although as with other racial, ethnic, and sexual words that are seen as pejoratives, some individuals have tried "reclaiming" the word. An example of this is artist Kara Walker. [3]

The related word Negroid was used by 19th and 20th century racial anthropologists. The suffix -oid means "similar to" and is meant to designate a wider or more generalized category than the original word.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:47:49 PM EDT

[#16]

its spanish

I'm still lol'ing at that.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:48:02 PM EDT

[#17]

If blacks find the word offensive they should stop using it themselves and set an example.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:48:21 PM EDT

[#18]

What would you recommend we call black people?

You come up with the solution.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:48:24 PM EDT

[#19]

well because way back when negro was one of the most politically correct terms used to describe a black person and it makes no sense that to some people take it as a racist term

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:48:26 PM EDT

[#20]

negro, please.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:49:49 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
I think it's pretty hard to argue that a term used repeatedly by Martin Luther King Jr. is inherently racist.

Quoted:
Ever hear of the United Negro College Fund?

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:50:23 PM EDT

[#22]

It was decided during the last CoC convention, following the abysmal failure of the 87th regiment during operation Get Behind the Darkies.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:51:04 PM EDT

[#23]

There are many out there who are even offended by the word "Black".

People who are offended by every little thing offend ME.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:51:26 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
What would you recommend we call black people?

You come up with the solution.

I thought blacks and/or african americans worked well?

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:51:45 PM EDT

[#25]

Pedro el Negro, Santa's helper.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:52:31 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
What would you recommend we call black people?

You come up with the solution.

How about something German like Schwarz?

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:52:32 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
It was decided during the last CoC convention, following the abysmal failure of the 87th regiment during operation Get Behind the Darkies.

ROFLMAO!

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:53:04 PM EDT

[#28]

Colored
Black
Negro
African American

All these are acceptable.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:53:43 PM EDT

[#29]

AFAIK no one finds it offensive. It just isn't current.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:54:09 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I predict 90% of the comments will be telling me to toughen up or go join the NAACP or something.

Toughen up or go join the NAACP

or something!

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:55:17 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I predict 90% of the comments will be telling me to toughen up or go join the NAACP or something.

Toughen up or go join the NAACP

Do both!

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:55:54 PM EDT

[#32]

Negro? Black? African-American? Sometimes it's hard to keep up.

I've always been a Polock.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:56:18 PM EDT

[#33]

racial distinction such as

Caucasoid
Negroid
Asiatic

What else would you call them?

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:56:31 PM EDT

[#34]

Did Obama put you up to this?

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:56:39 PM EDT

[#35]

The PC police have arrived.

Assume the position!

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:57:44 PM EDT

[#36]

FWIW, I think it's a matter of manners to use whatever term your auditor prefers. It's no skin off my nose to refer to people by the term they prefer.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:59:25 PM EDT

[#37]

When they change the name of the Negro College Fund, then maybe it would be considered a slur. Its a bit archaic and not as often used. But not a slur.

Posted: 7/16/2008 4:59:32 PM EDT

[#38]

because the "Slur" Demigod or Chosen One aren't that popular....YET!

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:00:08 PM EDT

[#39]

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:00:54 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
Negro? Black? African-American? Sometimes it's hard to keep up.

I've always been a Polock.

Well said.

I'm a dumb Mc bastard.

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:01:17 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
FWIW, I think it's a matter of manners to use whatever term your auditor prefers. It's no skin off my nose to refer to people by the term they prefer.

That's how I've always handled it.

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:01:58 PM EDT

[#42]

What should we call them?

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:03:49 PM EDT

[#43]

Non-white, non-Asian, non-Hispanic, non-Native American?

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:05:34 PM EDT

[#44]

I can't stand hyphenated Americans. There are very few real African Americans - last I checked almost 100% of all Blacks in the continental US were American. There are a lot of fake Jamaicans - but that's another story. I met a few legitmate Africans while in the Army. Anyone who has to hyphenate their race to associate with a past country or continent needs to shut up and either a) accept they are an American or b) leave. This goes for all the Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, British-Americans, or .........whatever else there is too.

I personally don't throw around the word "Negro" because it's close to the racial slur - and I know how caucasians like myself get treated if its even thought something racist might have been implied. Now if I was a minority - I could go on a racist tyrade like Chris Rock. The hypocrites who pull reverse racism have caused more division then traditional racist stereotypes. It's "comedy" if you happen to be anything but white.

Everyone who is an American citizen shouldn't show attachments for another country. If it's that important to them - leave. We all come from different ethnic backgrounds. Yay - who cares. Its one's personal values and character that matters - not color. No one deserves any preferential treatment for anything.

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:06:38 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:
It was decided during the last CoC convention, following the abysmal failure of the 87th regiment during operation Get Behind the Darkies.

ROFLMAO!

I laughed long and hard, then felt so guilty about it I ran down the road and put a ten dollar bill in a negro neighbor's mailbox as partial reparations.

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:08:47 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
I have seen it used countless times as a joke image (The Negro Community Frowns Upon Your Conclusion) to people referring to blacks this way. I was under the impression (which could very well be false) that this was a racial slur.

I predict 90% of the comments will be telling me to toughen up or go join the NAACP or something.

Do they not teach Latin in your high school or are you just not allowed to take it until you are a sophomore?

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:10:11 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
I laughed long and hard, then felt so guilty about it I ran down the road and put a ten dollar bill in a negro neighbor's mailbox as partial reparations.

$10?

You need to stop being so niggardly.

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:10:50 PM EDT

[#48]

I've always liked...

I met this really cool dude.

I met this ass hole.

I'm usually the ass hole

GM

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:11:07 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
If blacks find the word offensive they should stop using it themselves and set an example.

+1.

Posted: 7/16/2008 5:11:26 PM EDT

[#50]

I'm sick of this PC crap. It's an acceptable term. Just like Albino, or Caucasoid.

Holy smokes.

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