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Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 1162
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 01:08 pm: | 
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She was the only one in there, natch
http://www.wnbc.com/education/4520186/detail.html
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Kola_boof
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Kola_boof
Post Number: 261
Registered: 02-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 02:07 pm: |
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You know what's funny?
If they had listed her as: "beautiful black girl"
This would not be an issue and wouldn't get any publicity.
This happened before in several COLLEGE year books, but the captions read:
"beautiful unknown black girl"...."pretty smiling black woman, name unknown"
JUST ONE MISSING WORD and it becomes a racial slur.
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Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 2998
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 02:51 pm: |
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Chris,
Well. All considered, at least they didn't say "Black [expletive]".
Though...what kinda GD editorial process they have in place that would permit that crap to slide through? |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 1164
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 02:58 pm: |
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Kola:
The insult is not the "Black Girl". It would have been as big an insult no matter what wonderful adjectives were there. The insult is that nobody even went and tried to check and see if she actually had a name.
That's what I'm saying. You got one on the page. It ain't like they had hundreds and hundreds. Nobody said, "Hey, is this her name? Maybe we ought to check?" |
Kola_boof
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Kola_boof
Post Number: 262
Registered: 02-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 02:59 pm: |
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My point was....that in the same COLLEGE year books, when they show a White Woman who they can't identify, they just write: "Name unknown", "Woman in blue, unknown"......they don't put: "White Woman"....or "Pretty White Girl, name unknown". Race is never mentioned unless you're black.
ALSO....
I've seen a few year books that just say: "Black Guy".
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I'm guilty of it. In my scrap books at home, I have pics with titles like: "Jewish guy who took me to the party, 1994"...."Greek guy and me dancing"....."Nigerian guy and his white wife helping me set table".
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Edenson
Newbie Poster
Username: Edenson
Post Number: 12
Registered: 06-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 08:01 pm: |
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Who knows if they did it purposely or not... I know if that was me, I would be very embararssed. She was the only black person in the National Honor Society in her school, which is sad in its own right... But to not even be awknowledged by your name is hurtful. It's like being the new kid in a group of friends, everyone knows your name but one person, and that person continues to call you hey boy or hey girl, instead of asking for your name. You already feel out of place because you're the new kid, but then you're being referred to as something that is not even your name. You're going to feel even more out of place. I don't know... I think it's real messed up... Don't they editors and revisers to make sure things like this don't happen???
Much Luv, Stay Strong...
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Kola_boof
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Kola_boof
Post Number: 264
Registered: 02-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 08:23 pm: |
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CHRIS...
of course you're totally right.
I'm just making fun.
LOL
That girl should be OUTRAGED.
You know if it was Kola they'd done that to, what would be happening, so don't mind my playing around, Mr. Kind of Heart Hayden.
Mwah!! Love you.
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Ancestry
Regular Poster
Username: Ancestry
Post Number: 29
Registered: 02-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 11:04 pm: |
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I dont think it is about nomenclature. It is about being subhuman and objectified. It doesn't matter if it was on purpose. What does matter is that white people are considered people with names and black people are considered black people with names. |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 1174
Registered: 03-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 11:11 am: |
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Kola:
Yeh, they ain't got hold of the right one yet! |
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