say either to me, in front of a group of black people and i guarantee you the same result.
On 8/14/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > um, no it doesn't have the same meaning at all. It's the conflating of > the two terms that is racist, in fact. > > ::sigh:: why do i bother. > > On 8/14/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought GG explained it well. > > I'll try again. By saying you're acting like a black man, a white man > > or even Jew is intended as an insult. I've heard Jew used as > > derogatory word many times but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be used. > > Years ago if you called a mentally challenged person a retard it > > wasn't insulting just matter of fact. If you called a normal person > > retard, it was implying negative connotations to retard, so the PC > > policy banned the word. > > > > They're now trying to change Black to African American which is why I > > used it as an example, being he mentioned the n word. My point is if > > you replace the n word with black man it has the same meaning and just > > as bad. That doesn't mean you should change the word, just stop using > > it in a negative way. > > > > Clear as mud now? > > > > > > On 8/14/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > this would be my point.... > > > > > > On 8/14/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > personally, i think its FUCKED UP to coin anything > > > > about "ACTING LIKE A BLACK MAN" > > > > > > > > how exactly does a BLACK MAN act? > > > > > > > > just wondering. > > > > > > > > guess, im going to go to lunch and act like white man? > > > > > > > > tw > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240298 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
