The term "oreo", as I understand it, implies that a dark-skinned individual "acts like" someone lighter complexioned. Put another way, it's implying that a black person is "acting like a white person".
...as if the manner in which people act is dictated by thier skin color. As if there's a correct way for people of one skin color to act, and another way for those of a different color.
There aren't - there are, in fact, (sometimes damaging) stereotypes that such derogatory terms are a reflection of. Such derogatory terms are rooted in the very idea that there are ways for people of one color to act, and ways in which people of another color act, and never the twain shall they meet.
I find the term wholly racist and offensive in nature, and it ought to be offensive to all people, regardless of the color of thier skin. It's as offensive to me as "nigger", "cracker", or "gook".
It's a free country, Heywood. You're free to disagree, and you're likewise free to be wrong.
...as if the manner in which people act is dictated by thier skin color. As if there's a correct way for people of one skin color to act, and another way for those of a different color.
There aren't - there are, in fact, (sometimes damaging) stereotypes that such derogatory terms are a reflection of. Such derogatory terms are rooted in the very idea that there are ways for people of one color to act, and ways in which people of another color act, and never the twain shall they meet.
I find the term wholly racist and offensive in nature, and it ought to be offensive to all people, regardless of the color of thier skin. It's as offensive to me as "nigger", "cracker", or "gook".
It's a free country, Heywood. You're free to disagree, and you're likewise free to be wrong.
