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| − | '''Negro''' is | + | '''Negro''' is a term for a person of black African ancestry or racial characteristics that has now become obsolete due to [[politically correct]] restrictions imposed by [[leftist]]s on the [[United States of America|American]] public in order to restrict debate and silence opposition. |
| + | Up until the latter quarter of the 20th century, it was a commonly used, well-intentioned and polite, term in the United States. For example [[Martin Luther King]] Jr. used the word 15 times in his [[I Have a Dream]] speech and it is still used by the well-respected and long-standing organizations—the United Negro College Fund. The term "Negro Spiritual" is also still used for a musical style that devolped amongst negro servants. | ||
| − | The | + | The term fell out of favor during the [[leftist]] [[Civil Rights movement]] of the 1960's, and because of [[liberal censorship]] has now generally been replaced by "black person" or "African-American". [[Liberal logic]] points out that "negro" is a noun, whereas "black" is an adjective, used with the noun "person". Liberals claim that use of the word "negro" just by itself suggests in a subtle way that the subject is something other than a person. Liberals also claiming that things that written prior to around 1960 often slyly used the word to make the distinction between a "negro" and an ordinary "person". The difference is clearly trivial and picayune but [[liberal whining]] and [[bullying]] forced American society to avoid the word. |
| − | The word comes from the word for "black" in the Latin-based languages, such as Spanish, where | + | The simple truth is that the harmless word comes from the word for "black" in the Latin-based languages, such as [[Spanish]], where it is simply an adjective meaning "black". The names of the nations of [[Nigeria]] and [[Niger]] are both widely assumed to come from this root, but the etymology is somewhat obscure. |
This word is not to be confused with the deliberate mispronunciation that has historically been used in an explicitly racist and hateful way. That word is simply unacceptable in modern society, and, when it must be described, is referred to as the "N word". | This word is not to be confused with the deliberate mispronunciation that has historically been used in an explicitly racist and hateful way. That word is simply unacceptable in modern society, and, when it must be described, is referred to as the "N word". | ||
| − | + | The term "colored person" has also been subject to [[liberal censorship]] but is nevertheless still used by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | |
[[Category: Racism]] | [[Category: Racism]] | ||
Revision as of 20:43, January 9, 2011
Negro is a term for a person of black African ancestry or racial characteristics that has now become obsolete due to politically correct restrictions imposed by leftists on the American public in order to restrict debate and silence opposition. Up until the latter quarter of the 20th century, it was a commonly used, well-intentioned and polite, term in the United States. For example Martin Luther King Jr. used the word 15 times in his I Have a Dream speech and it is still used by the well-respected and long-standing organizations—the United Negro College Fund. The term "Negro Spiritual" is also still used for a musical style that devolped amongst negro servants.
The term fell out of favor during the leftist Civil Rights movement of the 1960's, and because of liberal censorship has now generally been replaced by "black person" or "African-American". Liberal logic points out that "negro" is a noun, whereas "black" is an adjective, used with the noun "person". Liberals claim that use of the word "negro" just by itself suggests in a subtle way that the subject is something other than a person. Liberals also claiming that things that written prior to around 1960 often slyly used the word to make the distinction between a "negro" and an ordinary "person". The difference is clearly trivial and picayune but liberal whining and bullying forced American society to avoid the word.
The simple truth is that the harmless word comes from the word for "black" in the Latin-based languages, such as Spanish, where it is simply an adjective meaning "black". The names of the nations of Nigeria and Niger are both widely assumed to come from this root, but the etymology is somewhat obscure.
This word is not to be confused with the deliberate mispronunciation that has historically been used in an explicitly racist and hateful way. That word is simply unacceptable in modern society, and, when it must be described, is referred to as the "N word".
The term "colored person" has also been subject to liberal censorship but is nevertheless still used by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
