22 Mar 2011, 9:52 pm
Yall know me by now I let things people say to me upset me quickly and just wanted your views please on this. I'll copy/paste what I posted. First off in class we were discussing racism in the current chapter and I posted the following.
I was looking at window panels in the hardware store and saw the color Black/Negro UH! Last I heard Negro was a negative term towards African Americans that was destroyed years ago! UH! APPARENTLY NOT!! !
A students reply was this: This post is kind of sad, but I think you should click this:
http://goo.gl/ZjdGj
It was a link to Google translate which is fine Negro is Black but IMO how I see it it's a negative term towards African Americans used during slavery times. My view still stands I'm just hurt that that student said that. 
22 Mar 2011, 9:56 pm
Well, seeing as the word in that context is very likely to be Spanish and not English, it's really stupid to get upset about it... 
22 Mar 2011, 10:05 pm
Ah! Thanks I didn't make the Spanish connection. I know it's not something I should be upset over but IMO he seemed kind of rude. Like I'm supposed to automatically know it's spanish. That thought didn't cross my mind until you mention it thanks.
22 Mar 2011, 10:14 pm
Ah! Thanks I didn't make the Spanish connection. I know it's not something I should be upset over but IMO he seemed kind of rude. Like I'm supposed to automatically know it's spanish. That thought didn't cross my mind until you mention it thanks.
No problem.
It was a bit rude, he must've assumed you should know what it means.
