(December 3, 2014 at 10:17 am)Heywood Wrote: Oreo is a derogatory word, but the "derogatoriness" of the remark refers to ones character and not their skin color.
It doesn't matter if you feel you're commenting on their character. You're tying their race into it with the insult. That's racist.
(December 3, 2014 at 10:17 am)Heywood Wrote: Not all blacks consider oreo to be a racist term and neither do I.
Well, you know what they say about opinions and assholes.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
