Recommend you take time to read this sensible approach to the use of a particularly offensive word ... except when a particular group of Negroes use it among themselves. That word is "nigger." When Caucasians speak the word it's highly inflammatory.
Negro is a perfectly proper word from the Spanish and Portuguese. It simply means black in those languages. When used to describe a race whose origins are, generally speaking, sub-Saharan Africa just like Caucasian describes a race marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe. Both words are "no longer in technical use." Whatever the hell that means. Probably just not fitting within the current politically correctness framework.
When first imported into the English language and pronounced correctly ... ney-groh in English; ne-gRaw in Spanish; or ne-gRoo in Portuguese ... it was acceptable by almost everyone. Then along came the Negroes who decided they no longer liked the word. So, they wanted to be called "black." "Colored" is no longer acceptable. People of color seems to be OK for now. Then it was decided that African-American was the identity handle of choice. How ridiculous it is. They are still Negroes and we are still Caucasians and, together, we should all be Americans. By this, I mean legal ... repeat, legal ... citizens of The United States of America.
I was once told by a homosexual man that within the homosexual community there are gays and there are queers. Gays is preferable to queers because queers is just plain offensive and derogatory ... except when used within the "community" and in reference to each other. Another exception for those who had not noticed the first one. Same pew, different church. Or is it same church, different pew? Who gives a fat rat's ass anyhow?
Ain't nobody got a friggin' sense of humor anymore. One might say, "F*** 'em if they can't take a joke."
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