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To: Taro who wrote (521379)	10/17/2009 1:40:52 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580799

The problem is 'Black'. This has recently gone from it's original meaning to becoming something rapidly approaching the standing of the 'n' word. How about replacing it by for instance (Italian) 'Nero'? But wait, that again is only one letter off becoming another no-no word. It is a problem. The target keeps changing. When I was very young, there was nothing wrong with the "n-word" which is now banned. I understood that. The polite term was then "colored" -- but I'm advised by bentway that isn't acceptable (even though NAACP has no apparent problem with it). My black friends in high school were commonly referred to as "spades" -- in their presence, so I guess that was okay for a while. Then, there were the "blacks", which honest-to-god, I thought was till okay. But now they're African Americans, I guess for the last decade or two. I've been a freaking honky all my life. But those guys have had a half dozen acceptable names and you really never know which one is okay. To add confusion to the picture, THEY can use the n-word with impunity, but I can't. But, SOME honkys can use the n-word depending on context. So, if eminimem wants to say it, its okay. But me? No way. We really need just a little bit of consistency here and I think we can all adapt to suitable language that won't piss everyone off.