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Damn straight they were offended -- they gave me the cut direct!
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If I had followed that string even a little bit, I would have a slightly funny response to this.
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It was not a black person that corrected me, though -- it was a white bureaucratic type.
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Oh. Feel free to ignore those types in the future. They don't speak for us. Hell,
even EO doesn't speak for us.
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Sniff. But no one puts any effort into understanding *my* unique background as a member in good standing of the Oppressive Patriarchy.
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We don't have to put any effort into it. We've been historically beat over the head with it enough, dontchathink? And if that isn't enough, I'm pretty sure our collective moms got a good idea of your background in your kitchens, washrooms and nurseries. (Not an attack. I have no idea how many colored negroes you employ.)
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It was merely a bit of historical context; a musing on the vagaries of language.
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I figured that was it, but since I assumed you knew all that already, I was a little confused why you added it.
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And my point was, in some places it is starting to be Not Accepted, and someone expressing some confusion over which word to use is not secretly attacking the PC language police, or mourning over the Lost Cause, or whatever.
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You'll have to give me a better example of its Not Acceptance than a white bureaucratic type. Go speak to the peoples of Podunkville, my man. Get your hands "dirty" (or your feet wet, whichever makes sense -- if neither does, you know what I mean).
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