A twenty year old intern was “fired for posting a photo of herself and a friend in a cotton field with the caption, “Our inner [n–ger] came out today.” She later apologized invoking a “lack of my better judgment.”
Looking from the other side of the Atlantic this is rather exaggerate.
OK, I understand why calling someone a ‘nigger’ could be seen as an insult. But if you refer to yourself as such?
In fact, all what she said was that the two of them were doing work which not so long ago was done by ‘niggers’. While they seemed to be enjoying performing their duties.
I don’t think she erred there. She just doesn’t seem to understand (anymore?) the world as people our age do. Could this be a sign for us to let the old ghosts find some peace?
‘Politically correctness’ hits again, and some of us are not even aware of what’s going on.
I know, it’s easy for me to speak like this. I don’t live there. But what if my emotional detachment from this issue allows me to look deeper into the matter?
And no, we should not simply forget what had happened. Just learn the lesson – so that we’ll never have to repeat it – and move on. If we keep pestering that wound in an inappropriate way (nigger is just a word, we give it its meaning) it will stay open. For as long as we encourage it to fester. Do we really want this?
PS Politically correctness “involves changing or avoiding language that might offend anyone“. If we keep sliding down this slope we’ll soon end up unable to open our mouths. It’s damn hard not to offend ‘anyone’, sooner or later.
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In SUA se organizeaza o competitie pentru cele mai adecvate definitii ale unor termeni contemporani. Pentru competitia din 2010 termenul de definit a fost “corectitudinea politica”. Castigatorul a dat urmatoarea definitie:
“Corectitudinea politică este o doctrină cultivată de o minoritate delirantă, ilogică, promovată de mass-media oficială, care sustine ca este posibil să apuci o bucată de c….t de partea curată”
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Damn! What a great way to put it . People feel offended because they choose to. If someone calls me a “lazy” person or “a brown skin immigrant” just because I am puertorican, then I have the choice to perceive it as an insult or as an ignorant statement because of lack of understanding and education. But not everyone is aware of this choice, so they tend to go with the flow and do what most people do: choose to feel offended. Being politically correct keeps us from evolving beyond our stereotypes. We should learn from our past, but not relive it .
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