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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:11 PM Original message |
When was the last time you heard someone say "colored people" |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Under-reacted in my opinion |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Indeed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Before my dad died in 2003 |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. My mother.... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 07:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. But, that was respectful when she was younger |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. A person of color as opposed to one without color? Isn't white a color? |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. The key distinction is that one is a term applied by whites |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. My dad is still alive at 88 years old |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. And you have the nerve to call me colored. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I guess I'm just one of those "rainbow people" |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Within the last year |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. It |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yesterday |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. haven't heard it since 1970s |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Heard Oprah saying it. She also never stopped saying "girl" when |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. excellent synopsis and historical perspective there |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. my late 98 year old grandmother |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not overreacting, IMHO. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I am fully aware of having to see this person each day |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. That is exactly how I handle it too. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Sorry, but I'm past that. It's show no fucking mercy to anyone |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. I would complain to UPS or whomever it is |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not for a long time |
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kellenburger (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. I live in Indiana so..... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Coward. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Who? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. You! |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I'm so glad insulting me has you rolling in the aisles |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It will let fuckhead know that you for 1 will not put up with that shit. |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Right after they said "National Association for the Advancement of". |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. My late brother, after his stroke |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. You lot are losing me here |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think the problem is in the attitude more than in the term. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I think it was the mock concern and the "oh excuse me" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. My mother used to call her Asian American doctor a "chinaman" |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. Everytime my Grandma watches TV |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. My grandmother was born and raised in Texas and used to use |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. My grandfather said it |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. My daughter said it |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:18 PM Original message |
What about the NAACP? |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Words are just words, they are only a problem when they are hateful. |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've actually heard the term darkie used by someone when... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. Every time I hear Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, et al |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. A patient came in a few months ago pissed off because she skipped |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. Every time I talk to my grandparents about any issues possibly involving |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. You should of said - What do politics have to do with you being a bigot? |
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The Jacobin (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. My 88 year old grandmother |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. A lot of people here talk about thier grandparents saying it, I can't... |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. we are all "colored" |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
48. My grandfather often says it -- to him, that was respectful |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. That *would* be considered respectful, since in his youth they were |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 08:06 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Oh no, I agree |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
50. I've wondered if it's proper to use the term with members of the NAACP. nt |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
53. The last time I heard "colored people" |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
55. My mother-in-law. |
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SweetLeftFoot (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-01-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
56. Sith Efrikan |
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