Thread: I HATE Racism
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Old 07-20-2008, 09:54 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Meelapo View Post
I was actually having a bit of a conversation at work the other about this topic. I'm a brown guy and when I tell all my co-workers about my adventures clubbing/lounging etc. when I talk about people I'll say "white girl/guy" or "brown girl/guy" or "black girl/guy". One girl said using those terms is racist but I wasn't using them in a racist context. Would one call another one racist if they were to use those terms (again, in no way was it in a racist context...they were just used to describe the person).
That's how it's becoming these days. It's taboo to mention someones skin color, even if it's of absolutely no consequence and is said as just a detail the same way you'd mention the color of the flowers you saw on a hike rather than just saying you saw some flowers. It's not just that we're not supposed to judge people by their skin color, we're not even supposed to see their skin color.
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