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I think your understanding of sociolinguistics has room to grow. Ponder how it was that those words like "colored" and "Negro" were 'suddenly' decided to be off
by judk 13y ago
I think your understanding of sociolinguistics has room to grow. Ponder how it was that those words like "colored" and "Negro" were 'suddenly' decided to be offensive.
- hackinthebochs 13y agoThe inability to see the world from another person's perspective being displayed in this thread is excruciating.
- omonra 13y agoWhile I can see why 'colored' may be considered offensive, why Negro? It's just spanish/portuguese word for black. My own hunch is that the word just has too much baggage (ie rights of blacks at the time they were referred to by this word were curtailed - hence the need to move on to a new word without the connotations).
- judk 13y agoCorrect. And the sneering voice that can turn any word into a slur, until we try again next generation and hope that the next word doesn't get slurred.