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Discussion: Is the word "negro" offensive?
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Originally posted by Lippy
. Basically it just means black in several languages for example Spanish and is also used to describe people with black skin.
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Hmm no. Its general term for black colour, not only to describe black skinned people. La Camisa Negra is such a racist song, lol.
Its not the same thing as n-word, its the same thing as word "black" in Spanish. Its not racist at all in spanish speaking countries, even though I wouldnt use it in black community
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Depends on the country.
Many Latin American countries Negro is used as a nick name/term of endearment for blacks.
IN the US that wouldn't fly and the word although not seen as offensive as N***a/er is still not that well liked because blacks were called Negro before they stopped using that and started using African American instead.
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Originally posted by H-I-M
They do it all the time, so imagine if I had to get mad everytime someone uses it ? 
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Originally posted by H-I-M
They do it all the time, so imagine if I had to get mad everytime someone uses it ?
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sis I didn't know Belgique was racist?
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Originally posted by Wonderlust
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Girl bye at the gif 
But I don't find it offensive, maybe because I haven't heard anyone use it ever 
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Originally posted by MP2K
Are you trolling?
You can go on youtube, blogs, vine, news reports, etc. and all you will see is "N*ggers", "Black people...", "animals", "monkeys" and countless slurs. There's message boards dedicated to hating black people and so on. How can you be so dense?
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Right, if you go on any popular video with a black person the comment section will be filled with racial slurs.
Some people on here are so clueless.
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OP, depends on the situation. Like, if you were referring to slavery - okay.
If you're using it to discriminate or offend somebody - not okay.
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Originally posted by Neonika
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Originally posted by Wonderlust
omg yasss i do this all da time too
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Originally posted by Neonika
sis I didn't know Belgique was racist? |
It isn't...It's the same in The Netherlands... Being refered to as "zwarte" (translates to black) is much worse than being refered to as "negers" (either one of those n-words)
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Originally posted by H-I-M
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crap, u got me be4 the edit i neva sed dat
edit: i thought that was santa 
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We just say black.
Although I don't find anything offensive about 'negro'. It's just an outdated term that's not used that much anymore.
When we learned about Philippine History though, Negrito is the term used for early inhabitants of the Philippines so no it's not really offensive.
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Originally posted by B'Day
OP, depends on the situation. Like, if you were referring to slavery - okay.
If you're using it to discriminate or offend somebody - not okay.
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Well basically I said "A negro finally sent me that song from Keyshia Cole" Then I got told that I am not supposed to use that word, even though I found on internet that it's non-derogatory and was even "included on the 2010 United States Census, alongside "Black" and "African-American", because some older black Americans still self-identify with the term"
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Originally posted by Wonderlust
crap, u got me be4 the edit i neva sed dat
edit: i thought that was santa |
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Originally posted by BadMonster
It is the same thing... The past three or more generations haven't had any slaves sis, leave it in the past, as long as they keep bringing it up and hold it against other people they can never achieve full equality, it's like they are still assuming the victim role when there haven't been slaves for a couple of generations. Do you see gays and jews still blame Germany for what Hitler did in WWII? Of course not, Hitler is long gone and the people living now had nothing to do with the atrocities that took place
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I don't understand why you brought this up... But after slavery that was it, right? Just a big melting pot and everything was all good, no events that happened after that that affects America today?
As a matter of fact this whole thread is stupid. No one is fuming over the usage of the word negro so I don't even understand the purpose of this thread. It's 2014 luv... I haven't heard anyone use it outside of spanish or a history book.
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Originally posted by Neonika
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Get into the Capital of Europe honey.
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Originally posted by jomarr
We just say black.
Although I don't find anything offensive about 'negro'. It's just an outdated term that's not used that much anymore.
When we learned about Philippine History though, Negrito is the term used for early inhabitants of the Philippines so no it's not really offensive.
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my Filipino friend uses this term alot ngl
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Originally posted by B'Day
Yes, you can't claim racism because white people took over the ****ing world and awfully ran society. White people discriminated other races/ethics such as Jews, blacks, Hispanics - you name it. Slavery, Holocaust. Yes, boo hoo to white people.
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I mean damn, why can't you just say "black"? 
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Originally posted by MP2K
Are you trolling?
You can go on youtube, blogs, vine, news reports, etc. and all you will see is "N*ggers", "Black people...", "animals", "monkeys" and countless slurs. There's message boards dedicated to hating black people and so on. How can you be so dense?
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 no i am not trolling.
Im from australia though and sheltered from racism with black/white people. It just doesn't exist here.
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