Mocking others? And it being respectful? Saying a black guy is a hyphenated

Apr 29, 2016
12:32:12pm

Zach Morris All-American

American is respectful? How long do blacks have to be in America before they are just American's?

Do you refer to white people as "European Americans"? If not, are you deliberately being disrespectful?

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Zach Morris

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Does anyone know the African American guy in the red checkered shirt? He looks

ToasterChive

4/28/16 3:11pm

You mean the black guy?

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:15pm

RE: You mean the black guy?

Indy Coug

4/28/16 3:16pm

Yes, but just trying to be respectful to racial descriptions.

ToasterChive

4/28/16 3:16pm

I insist on being called Dutch/English American. Racist.

flyusaf

4/28/16 3:28pm

Haha. Well done. I am henceforth Irish/English American on all my paperwork

MaxxPower

4/28/16 4:16pm

Please call me an Irish-German-English-Scottish-Dutch-French-Danish American

CougarThug

4/29/16 6:35am

Is it disrespectful to say "black guy" but cool to say "white guy"? I think

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:30pm

Honesty would be refreshing indeed

Heinz57

4/28/16 9:30pm

Why not just say "the guy in the red checkered shirt"?

CougarThug

4/29/16 6:36am

Well said.

(Private)

4/29/16 8:39am

Because in the context of the thread and original post here, clothing and

Zach Morris

4/29/16 9:09am

My question was actually directed at the OP.

CougarThug

4/29/16 11:58am

I don't know. If I'm trying to point out one child among many and he was the

Banjo Blues

4/29/16 12:01pm

Didn't you watch Glory Road? Say black.

southernfriedcougar

4/28/16 6:08pm

Huh? Have you ever listened to the President of the United States?

ToasterChive

4/28/16 6:10pm

nope...why would anyone listen to him?

ds7

4/28/16 11:31pm

Yea! Mocking others' attempt to be respectful is so cool! U earned a cookie?

jamalccc

4/29/16 9:08am

Mocking others? And it being respectful? Saying a black guy is a hyphenated

Zach Morris

4/29/16 12:32pm

So you are deciding what's appropriate to call someone and what's not?

jamalccc

4/29/16 12:40pm

All because I asked if he was referring to the black guy? Apparently you have

Zach Morris

4/29/16 12:42pm

So, why is it African Americans for blacks

2FarGone

4/28/16 3:22pm

It's what they have supposedly preferred to be named as.

ToasterChive

4/28/16 3:24pm

Mormonism is now a race?

Random Walk

4/28/16 3:28pm

Jewish ethnicity can be misconstrued for being a religion

2FarGone

4/28/16 3:29pm

Judiasm is not a race though either if you wanna get technical. Jews come in

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:33pm

If you want to get technical, there are distinct genetic features that

Random Walk

4/28/16 3:42pm

I'm a Welsh-Irish-Scottish-English American. WISE American for short

Hinta

4/28/16 3:28pm

Are white South African immigrants to the US also called African Americans?

Iman23

4/28/16 3:36pm

I finally got a chance to ask one a couple months ago. A client of mine

Zach Morris

4/28/16 3:39pm

Typical CB thread. Joke reply, everyone argues, but no one answers the question.

CopperLix

4/28/16 3:49pm

Is CB for information or for entertainment?

2FarGone

4/28/16 3:51pm

If no one answers the question, it means no one knows the answer

Indy Coug

4/28/16 3:55pm

How dare you. Ignored!

TNT

4/28/16 7:53pm

I know him, he used to live in my ward.

ldssdl

4/28/16 4:08pm

Actually I think it's

Zach Morris

4/28/16 4:32pm

Are all Blacks from Africa? Maybe he is aborigine

Jericho

4/28/16 5:34pm

Are all people from Africa black?

jrifkin48

4/28/16 6:31pm

yes, but are all European peoples white? no. Not even all Chinese are 'Chinese'

Dissenter

4/28/16 8:07pm

Everyone needs to chill. Toaster was just using the politically correct term

ColonelMustard7

4/29/16 12:28pm

Actually being a day late on the discussion would be a better of example of

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