Lockport, NY police don't understand why some people might find "Negro " offensive.
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Ninja Scooter
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Jesus. Can we at least move up to colored?
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1994 isn't that dated. 1894, then maybe there's a point.
Glad it's being changed and people are being educated to fix their shameful ignorance.
Glad it's being changed and people are being educated to fix their shameful ignorance.
No, but it was probably adapted from a prior system that nobody cared to change in the process.
We are all coloured though.
I'm rocking a pretty awesome tan right now on my Mediterranean complexion. I suppose I could pass for middle eastern in a pinch if I grew my beard
Vermillion
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Old, but not exactly offensive.
Still weird.
EDIT: Or maybe that's just me. Whatever, tho.
Still weird.
EDIT: Or maybe that's just me. Whatever, tho.
speculawyer
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Well, that doesn't mean black in South African parlance. They are the pros in racism. They even have racism between different white people. (English and Afrikaans)
GoldenEye 007
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Sounds about right for New York.
Mammoth Jones
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My parents still use the term Negro when referring to ourselves. But that's from their generation and it was a neutral term then.
Police officer should just change it and go with the flow (of time).
Police officer should just change it and go with the flow (of time).
They still using chokeholds that been banned for 20 years, of course their databases might be behind.
poppabk
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According to Wikipedia it used to be less offensive than black, and people from previous generations might be uncomfortable with black and prefer negro.
andthebeatgoeson
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Nope. Negro is offensive. And the article says officers use it. Can't blame computers for that. And it was offensive in 1994. And they describe hair and eye color as black but make a hell of a leap to use an offensive word from the 60's for complexion. That makes even less sense.
Or are you joking?
andthebeatgoeson
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Wait, his skin is 'Blk' but his complexion is 'Negro, DA'? What the fuck is this bullshit? That makes no sense. I'm sure they called him Tyrone and offered him chicken the entire time he was locked up.
Fuck New York. You ain't shit.
Fuck New York. You ain't shit.
Tragicomedy
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What happens when said individual calls the police "bacon," or "pigs," or "doughnut commandos"? Are those cool?
The Tofunator
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You'll get choked to death.
LMAO xD
andthebeatgoeson
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What does that have to do with anything? Did the police name those over the past two years?
We keep those names for people who pretend to be ignorant; who would rather cover up their racism and pretend it never happened or still doesn't. It's like a friendly reminder that some people ain't shit.
"That word was developed during slavery to subjugate, discriminate, to make people feel bad about themselves," said Erie County legislator Betty Jean Grant.
Errm, that's not even true. The word was seen as perfectly fine before the 70s. Hell, even MLK used it in his famous speech.
Errm, that's not even true. The word was seen as perfectly fine before the 70s. Hell, even MLK used it in his famous speech.
andthebeatgoeson
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You are confusing the word 'tolerated' and 'inability to protest' with the phrase 'perfectly fine'.
SapientWolf
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Negro and colored always strike me as more dated than offensive. In theory, the terms only describe race or complexion. Any negative connotations are projected onto those words by society at large, and that's the real problem.
That and the years they were used to debase people.
Words have no connotations beyond what they mean to the society they were - and are contained within. We collectively decided that these terms are emblematic of a time period that confers hate and condescension, and as such have no real place in pleasant conversation nor general, official use.
jediyoshi
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What does that have to do with anything? Just to clarify, it's only racist in the context of the person saying it?
Actually I'm not. The word is literally 'black' in Spanish. It was used purely as a description of a type of people. Blacks in the US didn't find it offensive till the 60s and 70s.
SapientWolf
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If the NYPD's handling of race is full of hate and condescension (spoiler: It is) then it doesn't matter a single iota what word they use. No reason to act like that's all in the past now.
edit: I guess Lockport might be different than NYC. Who knows?
Hmmm look at the time before the 50s and 60s, you won't see blacks saying much of anything. Jim Crow and lynching and what not.
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Words can have different connontations based on location.
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Yeah it's crazy how uppity black people got once they gained the right to vote
Indeed.
Black folk didn't find it offensive until the 60s and 70s, because there was simply nothing to be offended about. Before that everyone was living in peace and harmony; a utopia.
Devolution
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Conflate silence due to oppression with "being fine with things."
But it literally means black in another language, literally!
I mean, it's simply a fact that it wasn't considered an offensive word back then. That doesn't mean they couldn't be offended by other words. It may be difficult to separate yourself from the modern connotations. Lets just say that when the United Negro College Fund was established, the founder (who was black) was not seen as being offensive.
Well of course. But lets not forget or distort history.
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