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scorpio_vette wrote:
ever call a southern black guy "boy"??? wonder why he just beat the crap out of you??? it's just a word right???
Well yeah, I did, not only that he was a boxer and played college football on a scholarship. I said come on boy, lets go move some computers and do some wiring.
Shop went silent, one of my co-workers said in a small voice isn't that racial. He turned on them and let them have it.
Boomer is the only one here who ever treated me like a man, I forget we are different colors when we work together, When I work with you guys I know I am black. I know what he meant but if one of you had said it that word would have meant something different and yes there would have been right now trouble.
When the two of us left to do our project the shop was still dead silent.
Words mean things, especially when taken out of context. I slip into old country boy persona because that is what I am but when I speak or write publicly I do try to use correct nomenclature and choose my words so that they can't be misconstrued. Unfortunately some young people, most journalists, nearly all far left liberals and the far right extremists among us choose their words deliberately to create fear, hate and loathing because it is effective.
I think most youngsters who do it just haven't yet thought of the impact their words have but they will as they mature and gain experience.
