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I am not sure I follow, why are British Asians threatened by the use of black for people of African origin, i.e. dark skin? Did someone try to impose that term to denote all non-white people? If so, I fail to see the logic of it...And about the 11% who use Person of Color, that term is not good,...
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"I personally feel that a word is derogatory when it is used in a humiliating manner."- I agree. That is why I am inclined to using "blacks" rather than the cumbersome "American of African origin" and the more standard "African American"
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Exceptions to what? :DAnyway, the verb in the first part of the sentences is singular because "someone" and "nobody" are singular. In the second part, "they" is used as a sex-neutral pronoun, and since it is plural, the verb is as well.
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Of course. Perhaps I am a little gullible, perhaps unconsciously deliberately so, but even if the story is not true, it serves as a good illustration of PC going too far.On the other hand, if you take the time to comment on the reliability of the story, surely you can spare some to give your...
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I think so too, but there it is..."Politically Incorrect Colors -- Staff at a coffee shop in Glasgow refused to serve a customer who had ordered a 'black coffee', believing it to be ‘racist.’ He wasn’t served until he changed his order to 'coffee without milk'. Around the...
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"It's spelled renege"
My bad, I took the sound and similarity for granted - maybe an indicator of the white frame of mind :D Interesting remarks though... Can I quote you on that? :) But I am still without answers as to the majority's view of the term "black...
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Well, I think the idea behind PC is fine, being sensitive to the feelings of others and trying to avoid derrogative labels, but I'm exploring when PC goes too far. For example, I read somewhere that a coffee shop waiter refused to serve a customer who ordered black coffee until they asked for...
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"There are mixed opinions among those with darker skin themselves as to
what to call themselves. Some will say Blacks with a capital b, some
will say black wih a lower-case b, and some will prefer to use only
African-American."I'm interested in some estimates as to how many...
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Is it PC to say "black people"? I'm sorry if I'm repeating the topic, but I tried searching and got hundreds of results, and none in the first couple of pages were relevant. I am an English student from Bosnia and Herzegovina (south-east Europe), and I'm writing a paper on...
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>Pete is a noun; Pete's is not a noun.>It is a genitive form acting as an adjective.
>Does Pete's always act as an adjective? No, let's take the feminine, which is clearer:
>It's Susan's car. It's her car.
>It's Susan's. It's hers. Hers is a pronoun; her (as a possessive) is...
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