Congratulations Jenna, you will never work a day in your life again.
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lonnie5 — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 10:09 PM)
Why would they keep the colored word as part of their group name if it's considered to be so offensive? Various groups have changed parts of their names over the years with the times. It wouldn't make much sense for the word to be considered offensive only in certain circumstances.
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jenybarnes-983-833940 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 08:44 PM)
Refer to a black person as colored and see their response. It's a demeaning term. That's why the signs out side of restaurants and stores said 'No Coloreds Allowed' in the 1960s. It's a term that is meant to divide.
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jenybarnes-983-833940 — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 06:44 AM)
What does the organization have to do with anything and what do you mean if? You've completely ignored all of the points I've made. Black people (the people directly effected by the term) have stated time and time again that the term is offensive and demeaning. I don't get what's so hard for you to understand. The reason I'm not speaking on the NAACP is because I have no idea why they haven't changed the name and that's not what the initial conversation was about so, I can only assume you bringing it up is an attempt to distract from the topic at hand. And the NAACP is not a representative of all black people just because they use the word in their organization's title doesn't mean you get to ignore other black people's statements about it, and to my knowledge they don't refer to black people as colored.
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jenybarnes-983-833940 — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 05:57 PM)
Oh yea I forgot in 2016 attempting to have a healthy dialogue is considered race baiting and sticking to the subject at hand is considered "getting worked up". I'm going to end the conversation here because it obviously isn't going anywhere. Just for the record I was not trying to argue with you, I know it's hard to tell over the internet. I'm just sharing my knowledge and experience especially when it comes to that word.