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Originally posted by Newt
In all honesty, I don't understand the disapproval of using "blacks" when every other designation is acceptable e.g. Latinos, Asians (Chinese, Japanese), Native Americans, Middle Easterners, Whites (lol)
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Well actually I find that using those terms are unacceptable too.
You can say a person is black, a black person. Call them a "black" seems less human
You can call an Asian person an asian person. Call them a yellow sounds like they're foreign or don't belong.
You can call a white person a white person. Calling them a "white" makes them seem all the same and not individualized like they truly are
It's preference but it's weird saying "oh she's a black" or "he's a white"