I don't disagree and would imagine the same criteria could be applied to the word black as it exists in the romantic languages and their sub-groups.
For myself I was using esteemed non-ironically as the folks at the United Negro College Fund do some good work.
Actually, that's exactly what I meant, on all counts.
mate, we’re third. End of
Have you ever been in his shoes?
He didnt even cry racism for one. He asked why he said it. Secondly, people who you are describing are likely ones who have endured a high amount of racism in their lifetime. You should consider why they think how they think
Do you know anyone like that?
If a ref would say 'die zwarte daar', i think that'd be unacceptable.
Yeah I hear you and they do
Agreed, I live in Vegas and this is very common. Not considered racist at all but from the comments I guess it's not the same other places.
I mean thats not really the same. If you are in an office environment and share the coffee machine with someone chances are you will know their name, therefore there is no need for the descriptor based on physical appearance. But if the 4th official said 'the black one' whilst pointing out the coaches its because he doesn't know his name and so it's the easiest thing to go by (if there's only one black person). I don't really see anything wrong with it. It's like saying 'the one with the tattoo' or 'the one who is bald', a physical descriptor when you don't know the name of the person which is easy to identify.
Dove showing exactly what white privilege is all about. Having never experienced any kind of prejudice due to their own skin colour, so having a total inability to empathise with, and understand, the position of those being persecuted.
Definitely.
I think I would agree with this as well. If he just meant to say 'that black man there', then that's not good, but it's not quite KKK-level, deep-felt racism. You have to allow people to apologize and learn from mistakes as well.
This particular poster spent a while essentially denying that more subtle forms of racism exist and then when I told him I could see how my own kids of very different shades are treated differently, they essentially virtually shrugged their shoulders, said its a shame but its pretty much how people are and its difficult to root out racism.
They go by 'The Fund' mostly these days but I remember them from back in the 80s when they still used their full name. Good branding sticks in your mind.Actually, that's exactly what I meant, on all counts.
First, I have no idea about Romanian 'negru' either; I was just saying that, regardless of its meaning and connotations in Romanian, it will sound too much like similar words in other languages that sound bad.
Second, as for the UNCF - I made another post in which I mentioned how 'negro' was still a normal word for MLK in the 60s, but isn't anymore now. I looked up the UNCF, and as I expected, it's an old name, from 1944. Regarding its current use, its Wiki says this (link): "In 2008, reflecting shifting attitudes toward the word negro in its name, the UNCF shifted from using its full name to using only its initials, releasing a new logo with the initials alone and featuring their slogan more prominently." There is a lot more on that in this piece from the NYT. Here is the key quote from the UNCF's President and CEO at the time:
Not. Racism. Just like it wouldn't be if @Pagh Wraith said the asians, the whites... Try not being too overly sensitive before giving me any tips. Won't even start about the rest.
Oh boy.
The more I think about the more it sounds unacceptable (or weird at least) in German as well. Though I still don't know how else I would have referred to him without using lengthy descriptions avoiding skin colour at all cost.
I must admit I thought that I had never heard of them, but apparently 'a mind is a terrible thing to waste' is their very own slogan!
If I was your doctor and referred to you by such a descriptive term (that fat one, hairy one, black one, smelly one etc) whilst you were within earshot, how would you feel?
Yes! Everyone knows that one.I must admit I thought that I had never heard of them, but apparently 'a mind is a terrible thing to waste' is their very own slogan!
Well - kinda paraphrasing what someone else said, even if it would have been a group of identically dressed identical quadruplets, you'd find a way to single out one of them.
Ah the British hipocrisy!
Sure he should have done the same but it's a football match and not a five a side with friends at that. I don't think we can accuse someone of racism for that alone.
But again, the doctor should know the name of the patient obviously, so I would say the doctor should use the name of the patient. In some cases, like in the PSG game, the person doesn't know the name and so a physical descriptor is the easiest way around it. If there is one black person and everyone else is white, then it makes sense to use that. Also, if there is one white person and everyone else is black, the same thing applies. I don't see how it is racist.
No, it "literally" isn't. It's worse, actually. Far worse.
Tbf, the social movement is called 'Black Lives Matter', using Black as a descriptor. It seems to be widely accepted in that context.
It is a fact that reducing it to just skin colour without the human aspect, and describing a group of people who are black as “the blacks” is derogatory. You thinking it isn’t, is racist in itself. Even the original poster explained English isn’t his first language and perhaps the wording was wrong. You’re on your own here.
It isn’t called Blacks Matter. And therein lies the issue.
As @diarm has been pointing out, there wasn't just one black person on the bench.
The way he would have for anyone else? Third from the left, fifth from the right.
Imagine they were all looking similarly. How would you point out one of them? That's what they should have done.
