Is it OK to say “The Negro”?

[left-of-center2012]

Sometimes I like to turn Fox News on for a few minutes, to test if my medication is working at keeping my blood pressure down.

I apologize for not knowing the name of the host on Fox’s “America’s Election HQ’ around 11:15 A.M. MTS, nor her male guest.
She asked him if Trump’s visit to an African-American church was a farce, or a sincere outreach to the African-American community.

What really caught my attention was that the guest used the term “The Negro ...” several times
as in:
“The Negro needs to understand that the Republican Party is their friend.”

And I'm thinking:

"WOW !"

[MineralMan]

1. Uh, no...

That usage is an indication of ignorance or even racism.

Objectification, through assigning all members of a group one name.

[thesquanderer]

25. The Census finally removed it in 2013.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/us-census-bureau-drops-negro-surveys/story?id=18591761

I wonder what the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave thought about that when he got his 2010 census form to fill out.

[vlyons]

2. "Negro" is just the width of cat's whisker away from the N-word

He probably thought that it was a polite term, because he's out of touch, doesn't know any African Americans, has never been corrected, or all of the former.

[yurbud]

5. even if you just sat on your ass & watched TV

You would notice "negros only comes up in shows about the history of the Civil Rights movement and such.

[hatrack]

3. So, they had on Cliven Bundy?

What year is it again?

[yurbud]

4. if the guy was Strom Thurmond, it would be an improvement

[MineralMan]

6. When someone says "The Negro" in referring to

an entire race, the appropriate response is, "Which one? Do you know only one?"

It's the same as saying, "The Woman," when referring to women. It pretends expertise and superior knowledge of an entire class of people. It sucks!

[baldguy]

7. As if there's only one guy that they have to worry about.

[left-of-center2012]

8. I'm reminded of what Trump said:

"Where's my African-American?"

[Tyktak]

22. hmmm

Was he referring to Ben Carson? I'm sorry I couldn't resist.

[MrScorpio]

9. Considering the source, this kind of shit is to be expected

White supremacy is an acceptable thing to a lot of people these days.

[yuiyoshida]

17. Hate! I been the brunt of it

As I am sure you have as well. This stuff has to stop.

[OB44]

10. Like most statements its the context in which it was said.

[jberryhill]

11. Are you ordering coffee in Spain? Otherwise, no.

[ashtonelijah]

12. MLK used "the negro" as a general term. Was this person black or white, young/old?

[left-of-center2012]

13. "Was this person black or white, young/old?"

Young, white, Republican.

When MLK used "the negro", that was 45+ years ago.
Times have changed.
It's no longer the sixties.

[ashtonelijah]

18. I know it's no longer the 60s. But an elderly black man saying it would still be different from

a young white Republican.

[Demsrule86]

23. In the 60's he used the word.

You would have to be 110 not to know that word is offensive.

[ismnotwasm]

14. What the actual fuck?

Speechless

[Sorceress]

15. Uh, in 2016? Nope.

In fact, not in 2006, 1996, 1986...

[Kennah]

16. Black-ish, Season 2, Episode 1, "The Word"

You can catch it on Hulu

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. I thought they were talking about the other N-word n/t

[Kennah]

33. The scene at work. Words Negro and Colored where talked about as well. (n/t)

[Bucky]

19. It can be used sarcastically to make fun of bigots

Honestly, tho, the power you humans allow words to have over you is stunning some times.

It's all going into my report when the Mothership comes back for me...


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[Demsrule86]

21. It should not not be used in my opinion. nt

And words have power.

[Bucky]

32. Silly

Sorry, but it's a neutral term. It's antiquated, but it's not an obscenity. If we decide as a society to give the word "Negro" the old 1984 treatment... what are we going to say to the next generation about all that footage of Dr. King saying the word "Negro" over and over.

Words don't just have power... we have to give it to them.

[Demsrule86]

37. It is not neutral and honestly...most who hear you use such a term

will believe you are a racist. It is pretty easy to explain to the next generation...we say...back then the word was used by all ...but it was
White racist generated word and has negative connotations...and today we no longer use the word...out of respect.

[Demsrule86]

38. Pretty much everyone on this post disagrees with you...and Obama

took the word Oriental and Negro out of government documents...hmm. Another poster shared this.

[Bucky]

39. meh

I don't express my ideas & views to win popularity contests. I'm not a bandwagon sort of guy.

[Demsrule86]

40. I can see that...you want to be seen as a racist because using the word 'Negro' will certainly do

that unless you are 110...in which case you will be deemed 'old'...have at it. I have no idea why anyone would want to use that word in 2016 with the negative connotations...

[Bucky]

41. I have a different opinion. You don't get to call me a racist.

And you don't get to tell me I want to be seen as a racist.

[Demsrule86]

43. I did not call you any such thing...and you know it.

I said using that word will make some think you are either racist or 110...have a nice day.

[Hortensis]

44. Well, this is just an exercise in the trickiness of

words whose connotations are no longer to others what they were when we first learned them.

[Demsrule86]

20. No it is not OK. nt

[Sunlei]

24. the people who use the word Negro" TODAY, press & where ever are Republicans with a race problem

fucking Republican fox should ASK THEIR 'GUESTS' why the fuck they talk that way in 2016.

[no_hypocrisy]

26. It's in the same league as "Colored". The answer is no.

[unblock]

27. "the negro needs to understand that the republican party is their friend or suffer 20 lashes."

the choice of the word "negro" aside, the sentence construction is tremendously insulting.

as if the republican party is doing nothing wrong and it's the stupid negro's fault for not recognizing it???

and finally, no, the republican party is no friend to women and minorities and anyone who can't afford huge campaign contributions.

it is a party built upon corruption and hate.

[JSup]

28. It's perfectly acceptable...

...if you're 'among polite company', you want to show how upright and moral you are and it's the 1950's.

[msanthrope]

29. Perfectly acceptable, if you've hit a snag in the time/space continuum and find yourself transported

back about 60 years.

[Adrahil]

30. If it's after about 1975? Nope.

These people are fucking idiots.

[Stellar]

34. Obama signs bill eliminating ‘Negro,’ ‘Oriental’ from federal laws

PBS

After it was unanimously passed with 380 votes, President Barack Obama signed H.R. 4238 on Friday, which amends two federal acts from the ’70s that define “minorities” with terms that are now insensitive or outdated.
The Department of Energy Act has for decades described “minorities” as, “a Negro, Puerto Rican, American Indian, Eskimo, Oriental, or Aleut or is a Spanish speaking individual of Spanish descent.”

The new bill changes the language to, “Asian American, Native Hawaiian, a Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Native American, or an Alaska Native.” There’s also similar language in the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act.

"let me tell you something that I know about the Negro"

[Ken Burch]

35. Grammatically, that's called "First Person, Segregatular"

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[Bucky]

42. Ha!

[BigDemVoter]

36. Ummmmm. . . . NO

It is UNACCEPTABLE on so many different levels. I'm just sputtering right now. Is it really 2016? The guest apparently thought it was still 1935 in the old Apartheid/Jim Crow South. "The Negro"?? Seriously? WTF is wrong with people?