um, no it doesn't have the same meaning at all. It's the conflating of the two terms that is racist, in fact.
::sigh:: why do i bother. On 8/14/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought GG explained it well. > I'll try again. By saying you're acting like a black man, a white man > or even Jew is intended as an insult. I've heard Jew used as > derogatory word many times but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be used. > Years ago if you called a mentally challenged person a retard it > wasn't insulting just matter of fact. If you called a normal person > retard, it was implying negative connotations to retard, so the PC > policy banned the word. > > They're now trying to change Black to African American which is why I > used it as an example, being he mentioned the n word. My point is if > you replace the n word with black man it has the same meaning and just > as bad. That doesn't mean you should change the word, just stop using > it in a negative way. > > Clear as mud now? > > > On 8/14/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this would be my point.... > > > > On 8/14/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > personally, i think its FUCKED UP to coin anything > > > about "ACTING LIKE A BLACK MAN" > > > > > > how exactly does a BLACK MAN act? > > > > > > just wondering. > > > > > > guess, im going to go to lunch and act like white man? > > > > > > tw > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240296 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
