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> Wait, what does the noun change? Are you still a boy? Yes or no? How about a black man? Is he appropriately described as a "boy" or do you value your life?
by lutusp 13y ago
> Wait, what does the noun change?
Are you still a boy? Yes or no? How about a black man? Is he appropriately described as a "boy" or do you value your life?
- MarkTee 13y agoNot sure why you're so insistent to mention race...in 2 of your posts you've specified "black man". What does skin colour have to do with it?
- qohen 13y agoHe's alluding to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy#Race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy#Race Historically, in countries such as the U.S. and South Africa, "boy" was not only a 'neutral' term for domestics but also used as a disparaging racist insult towards men of colour (especially of African descent), recalling their subservient status even after the 20th century legal emancipation (from slavery, evolved to race segregation, viz. Apartheid) and alleged infantility, and many still consider it offensive in that context to this day since it denotes that men of colour (especially of African descent) are less than men.
- MarkTee 13y agoThanks, that makes a bit more sense. I'm still not sure why he mentions race when the topic at hand is age, gender, and language, though.
- unreal37 13y agoHe's saying calling a woman a girl is equally offensive. (Although it's a complete distraction to the discussion.)
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- lutusp 13y agoThat's easy to answer -- they're all ways to unfairly single out people based on traits that shouldn't be used to distinguish people, ways that are now illegal in some cases -- age, race, gender.
- pantalaimon 13y agoAre you implying that black people are inherently violent and will murder you if you do them wrong?
- lutusp 13y agoAre you unable to find anything in my actual words to object to, or do you find it necessary to invent something to argue against (a "straw man")?
- LockeWatts 13y agoThat's not a strawman, that's a direct implication.
- lutusp 13y ago> That's not a strawman, that's a direct implication. A what? A "direct implication"? Those words are antonyms. You do understand the difference between "direct" and "implication", yes? An implication is by definition indirect. http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/implication http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/implication Quote: "An implication is something that is suggested, or happens, indirectly."
- lutusp 13y agoCongratulations on downvoting a dictionary definition, you morons.