[BLU/Officers] Racist language Re: [Discuss] free email less intrusive than google

[Bill Ricker]

(Officers only)

I call for
 * immediate moderation of this MCC Bauman, no first name given, and
 * do not approve any message that is not an apology/retraction.
// Bill


On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Bouman MC <boumanmcc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why would anyone think of this phrase in
>> racist terms?
>
>
> ​If that is an honest question in search of enlightenment,
> if you truly want to find out why some folks find a 19th century
> diminutive adjective to be racist and offensive,
> Check the term on Urban Dictionary.
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cotton+Pickin&defid=6916831
> Google is your friend*: 'is cotton-pickin racist'
>    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%27is+cotton-pickin+racist%27&t=canonical
>
> http://racerelations.about.com/od/diversitymatters/a/Five-Terms-You-Might-Not-Know-Are-Considered-Racist.htm
> * (but Duck-Duck-Go or Google in Private Browsing window is better, as it
> shows you what's outside the bubble, uninfluenced by your previous search
> selections.)
>
> You can object that the "Po' White Trash" picked cotton too and were
> included in the term 'cotton pickin'', and you would be right historically,
> but that doesn't change the hurtfulness. They didn't find the comparison
> flattering, which makes it worse all around. And few like being called "Po'
> White Trash", either.
>
> ​If however that's a rhetorical question (as it sadly appears),
> or if you think you are entitled to that explanation before you
> acknowledge that others' feelings might be valid, ... no, you don't get to
> decide whether other people are allowed to find offensive.​
>
> Telling people it shouldn't be offensive is itself offensive.
>
> ​See also
>
> http://racerelations.about.com/od/diversitymatters/fl/How-Not-to-Apologize-After-Making-a-Racial-Blunder.htm
> and
>     ​​  http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/
> especially but hardly exclusively page 4 "But I don't do that!"
>      (all of which applies equally to making
> underrepresented/under-empowered ​ethnic/race groupings feel safe and
> welcome too.)​
>
> ​​This Jim Crow attitude is out of place on an open mailing list in the
> 21st Century. ​
> ​
>
> --
> Bill
>



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Bill Ricker
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