I can't make racist people stay away from restaurants. Calling them terrorists is a bit of a stretch too.
I know that this story is supposed to be humor. And that person asking for remedies to racism is clearly asking the wrong person.
But a standalone fact is that racism is indeed terrorism. When you call a Black person "nigger", you are referring to a long history of abuse, often lethal (and worse) of Black people. You are saying it to terrorize them. Not just personally, but as part of a whole group of pe
Sorry, but the dictionary disagrees with you [reference.com]. I would like to quote the Firesign Theater (I think from the "Bozos" record, I got stoned a lot back then and it was thirty or more years ago):
There's micks and wops and niggers and kikes with noses as long as your arm, and honkeys who never left the farm. THAT'S America, buddy!
My ancestors were called "micks" and it was spewed back then like "nigger" is now. Have you seen the movie Blazing Saddles? "Ok, we'll even take the niggers, but NOT the Irish!" We got past it, so should you.
I heard a man once say that when black people would stop using the word "nigger", he would too. Although I personally dislike the word, I think he has a valid point.
The reason the word is so distasteful is that "nigger" means "slave"; back when slavery was legal, a slave was considered just another farm animal, a subhuman. You had "field niggers" and "house niggers", like a house cat or an alley cat.
A "nigger rig" was a mechanical device meant for the slaves to use, usually junk, that was hastily repaired by a white slave owner or his white employees with the least amount of effort and expense. It was not "Afro-American Engineering".
If a word terrorizes you, you are indeed a cowardly wimp. Grow up and grow a spine.
I agree with your post completely - that is my personal policy and belief. I don't go around calling anyone "nigger". But it annoys me when a black person uses that word but insists that white people don't. It's hypocracy. If you don't like a word, don't use it yourself.
The way to combat racism is to act like a decent human being, to everyone.
"I heard a man once say that when black people would stop using the word "nigger", he would too. Although I personally dislike the word, I think he has a valid point.
"Black people" don't use that word. I've often heard this kind of logic used by racists in the interest of dismissing objections to their behavior. Under the same logic, "men" beat "women". I suppose you're okay with that, too.
That is the most disingenuous statement I've ever heard, unless your difinitions are as twisted as your logic, or you have never met any working class black people or seen movies with black people in it.
Under the same logic, "men" beat "women".
First, I didn't say I was ok with that word, as you can see from the statement you quoted. Second, your "logic" is quite twisted. "Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never harm me." Words do not equal physical attacks
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Racist Attacks are Terrorism (Score:-1)
I know that this story is supposed to be humor. And that person asking for remedies to racism is clearly asking the wrong person.
But a standalone fact is that racism is indeed terrorism. When you call a Black person "nigger", you are referring to a long history of abuse, often lethal (and worse) of Black people. You are saying it to terrorize them. Not just personally, but as part of a whole group of pe
Re:Racist Attacks are Terrorism (Score:4, Insightful)
Sorry, but the dictionary disagrees with you [reference.com]. I would like to quote the Firesign Theater (I think from the "Bozos" record, I got stoned a lot back then and it was thirty or more years ago):
My ancestors were called "micks" and it was spewed back then like "nigger" is now. Have you seen the movie Blazing Saddles? "Ok, we'll even take the niggers, but NOT the Irish!" We got past it, so should you.
I heard a man once say that when black people would stop using the word "nigger", he would too. Although I personally dislike the word, I think he has a valid point.
The reason the word is so distasteful is that "nigger" means "slave"; back when slavery was legal, a slave was considered just another farm animal, a subhuman. You had "field niggers" and "house niggers", like a house cat or an alley cat.
A "nigger rig" was a mechanical device meant for the slaves to use, usually junk, that was hastily repaired by a white slave owner or his white employees with the least amount of effort and expense. It was not "Afro-American Engineering".
If a word terrorizes you, you are indeed a cowardly wimp. Grow up and grow a spine.
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I agree with your post completely - that is my personal policy and belief. I don't go around calling anyone "nigger". But it annoys me when a black person uses that word but insists that white people don't. It's hypocracy. If you don't like a word, don't use it yourself.
The way to combat racism is to act like a decent human being, to everyone.
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"Black people" don't use that word. I've often heard this kind of logic used by racists in the interest of dismissing objections to their behavior. Under the same logic, "men" beat "women". I suppose you're okay with that, too.
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"Black people" don't use that word.
That is the most disingenuous statement I've ever heard, unless your difinitions are as twisted as your logic, or you have never met any working class black people or seen movies with black people in it.
Under the same logic, "men" beat "women".
First, I didn't say I was ok with that word, as you can see from the statement you quoted. Second, your "logic" is quite twisted. "Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never harm me." Words do not equal physical attacks