| dtewi said: Well, I guess we have to get rid of black holes. Never mind that they are black, let's rename them "Giant gravtiational force in space caused by giant collapsed star". But I guess this would be prejudiced against those with giantism, so "Gravitational force with an exceeding amount of area in space that was cause by a star with an exceeding area going supernova." That is much better. Why is the Wii white? Does it signify that black people can't use it? And why has no console ever been tan? Racist against hispanics much? |
I know that this is irrelevant to the thread, but not all hispanics are "tan", and actually Hispanic isn't even a race. It is an ethnic or lingual group that originated in Hispania(the roman name for the iberian peninsula .) There are Hispanics of full European, African, and Amerindian origin, as well as other smaller groups, and mixtures of more than one. For example my grandmother on my father's was a hispanic(Puerto Rican of French and Spanish descent), but she had red hair, hazel eyes, and snow white skin. The same thing with my father. He turns red when he is in the sun, and hasn't had a tan since he was a kid. Both his parents are "hispanic" though most if not all of their ancestors are European. My Mother who is English/German descent as well as myself have no trouble at all with tanning. So Hispanic doesn't automatically mean you are tan or is it a representation of your racial clasification. It is just a Ethnic/Language group. Just wanted to inform you a little. 
@Op That is beyond stupid, and I would like to know who they think they are offending before changing them? Why should we change primary meanings of these phrases, just because a word deviated from it's original defination to categorize a certain group of people. People of African descent shouldn't be the first thing you think of when you hear the word "black", neither should people of European descent for the word "White" and so on. Maybe they should start discouraging people from using colors to describe racial groups instead. It is the intent behind the words that hurt, not the actual word, and I find these phrases far from hitting the targeted group that is trying to be presented as getting hurt when used. Do you really think that women get pissed off at the phrase "master bedroom"? Or that African descent people get angry when they hear "Black Hole"? I doubt it. The average person doesn't analyze things like that.
