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Topic	Why do people consider Oriental to be a slur? Orient and Occident are latin for
MARKINGRAM22 10/07/18 6:58:48 PM #32:	hockeybub89 posted... MARKINGRAM22 posted... hockeybub89 posted... Antifar posted... History and context Yep. Monkey is not a bad word, but it becomes a slur if you use it to refer to a black person. Literally any word could develop a slur definition. Our entire world is colored, but it might be a bad idea to call blacks "coloreds". Calling someone an animal is much different than using a word that isnt a slur and appropriate, but just had some random movement against it cause a couple people were bored. What makes colored appropriate? Is everyone else colorless? I mean, you're right that combinations of sounds aren't inherently offensive and racist, but if you combine them with history and context, they can develop an additional definition that is considered a slur in certain contexts. Colored is not a scientific term, opposed to the other two. And all these terms werent ever really slurs, definitely not the other two. Colored was used in the south as a normal thing with white and black people until pretty recently, but it is somewhat of a weird term, so that is whatever. <cite>MARKINGRAM22 posted [p:910135581] in Why do peo... [t:77076942]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MARKINGRAM22 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Antifar posted...</cite> <quote>History and context</quote> Yep. Monkey is not a bad word, but it becomes a slur if you use it to refer to a black person. Literally any word could develop a slur definition. Our entire world is colored, but it might be a bad idea to call blacks "coloreds".</quote> Calling someone an animal is much different than using a word that isnt a slur and appropriate, but just had some random movement against it cause a couple people were bored.</quote> What makes colored appropriate? Is everyone else colorless? I mean, you're right that combinations of sounds aren't inherently offensive and racist, but if you combine them with history and context, they can develop an additional definition that is considered a slur in certain contexts.</quote> Colored is not a scientific term, opposed to the other two. And all these terms werent ever really slurs, definitely not the other two. Colored was used in the south as a normal thing with white and black people until pretty recently, but it is somewhat of a weird term, so that is whatever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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