Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
Personally, I think the phrase 'colored people' sounds negative and offensive today. I have to assume this wasn't always the case since it makes up 40% of the NAACP's name.
Edited to add - I should have said 'potentially offensive'. I do feel like the context in how it was used matters in this case. Our perception of things sometimes changes over time. If we have truely decided as a society to avoid the phrase entirely, then perhaps it's time to rename the NAACP?
And many black people use the n word all the time, doesn't mean it isn't ever a racist word or that anyone can just blurt out whenever they like in any context.
Shhh, they are trying to outrage over previous generational terms. The same group of people that get upset if you say Indian or Native American instead of Indigenous People.
See above, when a tribe talks about the collective of tribes in the United States the correct term is American Indian. In Canada, they do use the term for their tribes as indigenous people. It's quite disrespectful to tell a tribe they have to call themselves something different because Progressives don't like the word Indian. Also keep in mind the term Indian predates the usage for the Republic of India as it's people called themselves Hindūstān until 1858.
I don't know any indigenous people but CGP Grey said the most broadly accepted term is "American Indian" . Except he's not indigenous either so idk who he asked, where, how many people/tribes, etc. Also I've never heard this term used. But hey I'm honest about my sources and their shortcomings.
I've only ever seen non-Native Americans say such things. Indian is an excepted term and is included in the name of most organizations Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Indian Health Services, National Indian Gaming Commission, Indian Claims Commission, National Museum of the American Indian, and the official national title for the various tribes is called the American Indian Nations. So no, indigenous people is not the correct terminology unless you are not an actual member of a tribe.
I’ve only ever seen non-Native Americans say such things.
Interesting.
Indian is an excepted term and is included in the name of most organizations Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Indian Health Services, National Indian Gaming Commission, Indian Claims Commission, National Museum of the American Indian, and the official national title for the various tribes is called the American Indian Nations.
Who came up with the names of all of these entities?
In 10 years it will be some OTHER word that all of a sudden the media decides is considered a "bad" word. And then in another 10 years it will be something else. It is an endless stream of utter bullshit - people getting offended for utterly no reason other than to get offended. It is exhausting putting up with this nonsense.
you’re choosing to be exhausted and frustrated by something relatively trivial.
Oh that's rich! The person who is getting all bent out of shape over a meaningless term used by the very same people who the guy is referring to. Wow.
You know there is a fucken goddamn war going on, right? Like real ACTUAL problems. People getting murdered in mass shootings. Healthcare costs bankrupting good, hardworking people. Environmental problems left and right, and you are wasting your time and everyone else's time on... two words. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Do you just like to be an insufferable troll with no direction or logic or meaning in life? You claiming that someone is trying to tAkE A wOrD AwAy... but then that very same word is being used by the same people within that group.
I'm sure even you can count to 4, right? Let's practice now... 1, 2, 3, 4. OK, got it? Now go look up what the 4th letter stands for in the abbreviation of the organization that represents that group - NAACP. Come on, you can do it. Go get your support ferret, put on your furry costume and maybe put a fresh coat of black nail polish if those are the things you need to accomplish a simple task.
Now give yourself a participation award for doing the most menial of tasks! I'm sure you have a whole closet full of them.
But mostly importantly, now you know that a group describes its own members by a term, which means that term is not some massively offensive thing. If when you like getting triggered over nothing, turning mole hills into mountains is what some people look for.