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

[John Abreau]

Given that a couple weeks ago I posted a reply that the topic is unrelated
to Linux and is therefore off-topic and not wanted on the BLU list, I agree
that moderating MCC Bauman would be appropriate.

Jerry, can you take care of this?


On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> (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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