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¡Vampiro atropellado!
11/11/08

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Are you shitting me.
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BAngieB
11/11/08

@illythia: ?
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¡Vampiro atropellado!
11/11/08

@BAngieB: I was responding to Lindsay Lohan's "colored" comment, haha.

She should have just said "black", IMO. :/
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BAngieB
11/11/08

@illythia: My pretty, pretty girl would never itentionally say something ugly.
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foodandshoes
11/11/08

@BAngieB: Like blaming her mistake on "a black dude?"

No, never.
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BAngieB
11/11/08

@foodandshoes would quote Rodney King if it weren't such a c...: She was under the influence at the time and was just trying to say which guy.
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BAngieB
11/11/08

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or maybe she IS just a silly queer.
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BAngieB
11/11/08

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I think she meant "of color." Not "colored" as in black, but "of color" as in non-white. I am about twice her age and from the South, and I have rarely heard the term "colored" in the last 20 years, so I doubt that word is part of her vernacular.

Plus, my pretty, pretty girl would never say something ugly like that.
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EkaterinaBallerina
11/11/08

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You know I lived in South Africa for five months were coloured is still used often and is different from being black. However, I never really got used to saying it. It's probably from listening to my mother yelling at her father for saying "colored" still. But he's 96 and I know for a fact that last week he voted for Obama.I hoping that this was just an unintended slip of the tongue.
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brendastarlet is on it
11/11/08

@ekaterinaballerina: she's from Long Island, and I would hazard a guess that the word "colored" also is used there, but not in the same context.
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EkaterinaBallerina
11/11/08

@brendastarlet: I mentioned South Africa because I remembered how hard it was for me to utter the word after being told that it was wrong for so many years. I still remember telling my black South African roommate about one of my orientation leaders and she replied "Oh the coloured boy?". It apparently means someone of mixed racial parentage down there. It would apply to Obama in that sense but since he's an American, it's entirely inappropriate.
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Capital City Goofball
11/11/08

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Don't you love how she mumbles it, like she knows she shouldn't say it but does anyway?
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
11/11/08

@Capital City Goofball: I know... what a freak! what was that all about? hilarious.
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
11/11/08

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why does her face look so dirty?

and yes, I'm Black, but I refuse to comment on what she said.... she's a silly little girl. Even though she's older than me.
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Tara Incognita
11/11/08

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But isn't her mom the Orange Oprah?
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foodandshoes
11/11/08

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Okay, something that has been weighing on my mind for a while. Whenever we get into a discussion about the minute details about race here on the Jez, I am gravely disappointed by my fellow posters who seem to have the idea of "It's not that big of a deal, so get over it." If someone was body snarking or being homophobic or sexist, the hammer of Hortense would come down so hard on them, but in nearly three hundred posts, I see the same thing over and over again-"oh, it's just a term."

Ladies (and the few gents;) FOR REALZ STOP IT. It is happening on the Prop H8 thread also and it is disheartening. Take a real look at your own prejudices and see if you have a commitment to working towards an America where all people feel valued despite any differences they may have to the majority in our country.
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quatrevingtquatre
11/11/08

@foodandshoes dites Barack Obama élu président : Le changeme...:
Seriously. I'm kind of disappointing in my fellow commenters today. I'm also sad that the public education system in America has failed people so much that people don't understand what connotations the word "colored" has.
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brendastarlet is on it
11/11/08

@thatonegirlsays: I remember when I was a little kid, and the word "black" came into wide usage as in, "Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud." The impression I got from my friends was that they felt pride that they had a word that described them in a positive way, and colored was an effort to keep them second class citizen.
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PrettyPrettyPrincess
11/11/08

@foodandshoes would quote Rodney King if it weren't such a c...: I had to explain to my boyfriend that just because one person thinks a word is ok, if an entire culture has determined it's a hate word, it's still a hate word. There are some inflammatory words out there and if it makes anyone feel marginilized, discriminated against, or even just causes a mild discomfort it just isn't worth saying them. It is frustrating how many people use the argument that it doesn't bother them so it MUST be ok. That just isn't the point. It's like they taught us in every respect at work course or sexual harassment seminar - it is the impact, not the intent, by which you judge the offense.
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BarrettDivine
11/11/08

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OK I have a question.

You're at a store, the sales girl helps you find your size, gives you advice, etc. You get to the cash register and they ask you "was someone helping you with this?" and you say yes, but you didn't ask the girl's name. You're asked "Can you please describe who was helping you?". You're white, the salesgirl is Black, the girl asking you the question is Black. I never know what to answer in this situation. I never know what words are considered offensive, and what words are considered PC. Is African American considered better than Black? Anyone else feel awkward in that situation?
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foodandshoes
11/11/08

@BarrettDivine: Uh, you say, "That woman in the green sweater helped me" or you say "The other African American salesclerk helped me" of "I didn't get her name, but she *points to salesclerk* helped me."

Does the race of the clerk make that much of a difference in you mind as to what you would do? What would you do if it was a white salesclerk that you hadn't gotten the name of? Just do that.
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brendastarlet is on it
11/11/08

@foodandshoes dites Barack Obama élu président : Le changeme...: exactly. What is with people? I don't ever notice. Maybe I grew up on Planet Clueless.
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PrettyPrettyPrincess
11/11/08

@BarrettDivine: Yes. I do feel awkward too. And when the girl at the register figures out who I am referencing, I sometimes think SHE feels awkward or is maybe giggling at my mild discomfort. Which is ok. I stick with hair color, description of clothing, etc. Maybe it's a girl thing, I don't know, but I would rather be uncomfortable than say something accidentally offensive.
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Cuntlovin
11/11/08

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True story last week: I am a 5th year student, wanted to take Intro Disability Studies for fun and for a broader understanding of oppression. I would say 60-70% of the class has some sort of an equity studies backround and this is a very liberal university. In tutorials, in group discussion, one girls starts talking about 'colored people', and myself and another student politely requested she used the term 'person of color'...she flipped a lid and told us that "People like you may say that but in the real world we say colored people." And said if "you want to be language police and be unreasonable I can't have anything to do with you people." It was unreal.
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CreoleSugar
11/11/08

@Cuntlovin: And the professor said...? Surely the professor could wake up a brain cell in this person.
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PrettyPrettyPrincess
11/11/08

@Cuntlovin: Sweet jebus, how could this girl be so clueless?
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ChanRasit
11/11/08

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I can't believe Maria Menounos gets four and a half minutes with one of the most major tabloid stars of the day and she asks those ridiculously boring questions.
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Tara Incognita
11/11/08

@ChanRasit: She's nervous. After the debacle with America F a few years back, she knows she has to be boring, because when she's off-the-cuff, she can't do it.
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
11/11/08

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Stop.

LiLo is under 25. The only reason she would be using "colored" instead of "Black" or "African American" --even if it was a 'slip'-- is she grew up around folks who use to term often.

And who cares why we want to be called Black or African American. If I asked you to called me Purple, please do me the respect as a fellow human being and call me Purple. Sheesh!
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STICKSnSCONES
11/11/08

@ceejeemcbeegee: Seriously. In theory, I don't mind the word 'colored' as I find it is often more accurate than African-American or Black; however, I do mind the racist undertones of the word and therefore, aviod using it to describe people rather than objects or things.

Plus, I grew up in the South, which in terms of tolerance ain't too different than Long Island- so yeah, Lilo I see excatly where you're coming from and all I really want you to do now is: Shut your piehole.
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Jamie Sommers
11/11/08

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How old is she now? She looks older than Maria Manounos in this clip but that can't be right, can it?
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hollygirl
11/11/08

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THANKS- i thought I had lost my mind and had an auditory hallucinationt hat she said that word. my fucking Grandmother hasn't used that word in 30 years- where did she get it??
She seems to have trouble speaking in general.
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SidheDragon
11/11/08

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Okay, she is officially a fucking nimrod. What I find amazing is that she's entirely too young for "colored" to be a word she'd use in that context. Who has she been listening to?
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BeAgrestic
11/11/08

@SidheDragon: Dina?
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