| KFC911 |
11-29-2006 03:31 AM |
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Originally posted by Tim Hancock
30 years ago, my grandfather used the "n" word exclusively when talking about a black man. He didn't seem to use it as derogatory label, it is just what he called them. I can remember as the years passed, my grandmother would start correcting him by saying "negro" or colored's. Last time I heard him, he used the word "blacks". Is "afro-american" now the only PC correct way to refer to someone who is black? Are the words: negro, black or colored acceptable anymore in many parts of the country or is afro american the only correct way nowadays?
My grandpa grew up in the midwest and I respect him more than anyone else I know when it comes to morality, so please don't make any assumptions that he was a hood wearing KKK member. He doesn't have a mean bone in his body. :) .....
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Tim, what you describe is typical of many folks that I've known (including many of my elderly relatives) growing up in the south. These same 'well meaning', GOOD people (and I seriously mean that) also didn't see anything wrong with segregation, etc. They weren't/aren't 'racists' per se (as is depicted by the Hollywood stereotype), but were just brought up in a time and place where "that's just the way it was...". Times change... I don't necessarily believe in being PC (for most things), but I simply do not use the word any more. There are still plenty of racists around, and I wouldn't want to be mistaken for one...I can live with being PC on this one :).
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