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You forgot "of color".Its pure idiocy that the socially acceptable term keeps changing. Colored changed to Negro changed to Black changed to African American.
It's interesting how terms that are no longer politically correct get embedded in organizational names - another example is the MA Department if Mental Retardation - when "retard" is now an un-PC term. The term was never appropriate as "retard" means "delayed" and, unfortunately, most people with the condition formerly known as mental retardation are by no means "delayed", but rather "stunded" in intellectual development.Just like Moron changed to Feeble minded changed to mentally retarded changed to developmentally disabled. (oops, differently abled)
Its pure idiocy that the socially acceptable term keeps changing. Colored changed to Negro changed to Black changed to African American.
Just like crippled changed to handicapped changed to disabled changed to differentlyabled.
Just like Chinaman changed to Oriental changed to Asian
Just like Moron changed to Feeble minded changed to mentally retarded changed to developmentally disabled. (oops, differently abled)
It's interesting how terms that are no longer politically correct get embedded in organizational names - another example is the MA Department if Mental Retardation - when "retard" is now an un-PC term. The term was never appropriate as "retard" means "delayed" and, unfortunately, most people with the condition formerly known as mental retardation are by no means "delayed", but rather "stunded" in intellectual development.
How come I'm still called FAT!! No one has changed that? Hows about horizontally challenged.
You forgot "of color".
It's interesting how terms that are no longer politically correct get embedded in organizational names - another example is the MA Department if Mental Retardation - when "retard" is now an un-PC term. The term was never appropriate as "retard" means "delayed" and, unfortunately, most people with the condition formerly known as mental retardation are by no means "delayed", but rather "stunded" in intellectual development.
UndertallHow come I'm still called FAT!! No one has changed that? Hows about horizontally challenged.
Just like Moron changed to Feeble minded changed to mentally retarded changed to Liberal. (oops, differently abled)
You're not overweight, you're undertall
Undertall
1962. "Negro" was equivalent to "Caucasian" as description of race on forms.
"Oriental" was acceptable also.
"Purple Penguins" not sure of...
Well, he was right about it I'd say. In Germany the whole concept of distinguishing people on race is considered - well - racist (nowadays at least).Many years ago my wife was working in a medical office and they had a black guy from Germany as a patient. When someone in the office referred to him as an African-American, he said that he was neither African nor American and preferred to be called a German if they wanted to use his ethnicity to differentiate him from other patients.
"Not to be racist, but they are white"
Ah. Love thy enemy?Don't be. I call everyone "Hun" or "Darlin"...