Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
People of color yes, colored people, generally no. Small differences in words and language can change the meaning quite a bit. Here are some other examples:
Japanese = OK. Jap = frowned upon at dinner.
Homosexual = sure, have a blast. Homo = probably not ok to use in most cases.
Jewish = fine. Fucking Jew = has a bit of a hostile connotation.
Colored was used on signs specifically to segregate POCs from whites, so that term especially has specific connotations of racism to it.
I think just JEW is not really okay either.
I call it the hard J
What a coincidence, that’s what my ex-wife called my…
You know what, I’m not doing this. This isn’t reddit, it’s time to turn over a new leaf and make intellectual posts instead of a bunch of karma farming innuendo.