GLASNOST
Gold Member
Here's the problem. If you think Jews or Poles or blacks are shit people (insert your own favourite nasty word) then you think calling them "Jews", "Polaks", and "black" is an insult. In your eyes, you think they ought to be ashamed of who they are.
If you are not sure:Ok, I didn't know "Polak" was the correct form in Polish.
POLE - Translation in Polish - bab.la
White people are "white". Black people are "black". True or false? As I said, if you have a derogatory opinion of black people then calling them "black" is an insult when you say it, but not when I say it. Racists are racists and that's all there is to it. But I understand what you mean that "calling people by their colour" seems "fundamentally racist". But who decided the term "negro" was racist? It was the people who felt guilt because of their own racist orientation. So if Americans can't say "negro" or "black" what are they suppose to say? The term "African-American" is stupid. Not every black person in the U.S. is American.But that's different from calling people by their perceived skin color. I do perceive "white people" and "black" as fundamentally racist terms.
What's wrong with it?And frankly I can't fathom how in America You open the TV, and it's "asian", "black", "hispanic", "white" all day long just like that in the open.
Asian: You can't call them Chinese if they are Japanese.
Black: You can't call them African-American if they are Senegalese or Noongar.
Hispanic: You can't call them Mexican if they are from Spain or Argentina.