| | ::[[User:JC|JC]] 10:46, 24 March 2007 (EDT) | | ::[[User:JC|JC]] 10:46, 24 March 2007 (EDT) |
| − | ::: In proper society, in public or in the workplace (make sure this isn't in the range of NSFW) there are rules, social cues or [[taboo]]s to go by, and one of them is the improper/offensive/deragatory words to describe groups of people based on race, ethnicity, religion (i.e. negative use of "Jew" or "Jewish"), gender, sexuality (i.e. to say "gay" as a putdown or to declare something bad) and disability (i.e. for middle school kids to call others "retard" or stated something is".) The common knowledge on 'negro', 'colored' and 'black' in some social circles as unacceptable, obscene or harmful is present. + [[User:Getitstraight|Getitstraight]] 11:55, 14 December 2009 (EST) | + | ::: In proper society, in public or in the workplace (make sure this isn't in the range of NSFW) there are rules, social cues or [[taboo]]s to go by, and one of them is the improper/offensive/deragatory words to describe groups of people based on race, ethnicity, religion (i.e. negative use of "Jew" or "Jewish"), gender, sexuality (i.e. to say "gay" as a putdown or to declare something bad) and disability (i.e. for middle school kids to call others "retard" or stated something is.) The common knowledge on 'negro', 'colored' and 'black' in some social circles as unacceptable, obscene or hurtful is present and mass consciousness by the American people of all races to abandon those archaic or unrequested words by the African-American community. + [[User:Getitstraight|Getitstraight]] 11:55, 14 December 2009 (EST) |