when you say "acting like" sure. Then you have the implication that black men act in some specific way and also there is something wrong with that. But "nigger" does not have the same meaning as "black man," sorry. It's the implication that it does that is racist.
And Sam, if the shoe fits.... Dana On 8/14/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240300 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
