Political Correctness Run Amok

[Minimalist]

http://news.yahoo.com/fired-word-negro-s...16980.html

Fired for word 'negro'? A Bronx teacher has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired for using the word 'negro' in class. 'Negro' is the Spanish word for the color black.

Infuckingcredible.

[FlyingNarwhal]

Ughhhh....just....uggghhh.

Hurts....my...brain

[Something completely different]

Unbelieveable stupidity. necro is also latin for black.



If I were a history teacher, I would also use the word during class, because that is what black people were called back then, and it is importent to know that.

[Violet]

Ughhhh....just....uggghhh.

Hurts....my...brain

But then, you're used to your brain hurting Don't worry, we love you anywa-shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e-J7nViJU8

[Jackalope]

For fucks sake, it's not even pronounced the same.

[Violet]

For fucks sake, it's not even pronounced the same.

Unnnggggghhhhh could be interpreted as either zombie sounds or orgasmic sounds... and uggghhhh can be interpreted as zombie sounds, Ogg sounds, orgasmic sounds, irritation sounds, disgust sounds... there's a lot of ways you can go with 'ugh'.

Protracted gh usually isn't present in a lot of those... really, the only parallel you cannot draw between my interpretation and what he said was that there is no prolonged 'u' (staple of zombie sound cloud).

... I could really get into it, but I'd prefer to just leave it there. No really... usually I'd be excited as all hell to figure out just *what specifically* zombies sound like... but it's really a stylistic choice with how widespread the subject matter has become.

The zombie is absolutely fascinating if you care to study it, by the way

[the antithesis]

I'm confused. So is "negro" considered an epitaph now? Is "black," or is that one still OK? I ask because this seems to change depending on who you talk to. However, I do like it when white people weigh in on what words offend people of other ethnicities. It's hilariously arrogant.

[downbeatplumb]

The other day I discovered the MODs race champions name is Nick Gurr.


I have just stopped laughing.

[Tiberius]

This is one of the most ridiculous "teacher fired for..." stories I've read.

I also found this gem from another article on the story.

Smith’s attorney, Shaun Reid, called the charge that allegedly led to his client’s termination ridiculous.

“They haven’t even accounted for how absurd it is for someone who’s black to be using a racial slur to a student,” Reid told the Post.

Apparently it's absurd to think that black people can use racial slurs. So, no black person ever has used a racial slur against Mexicans, Jews, Latinos, heck, even white people? Bullshit.

[little_monkey]

Negro is also black in Italian.

I hope she wins her lawsuit.