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[masterdivinity]

Year in Review 2008: Biggest TV Disappointments

6. America's Next Top Model's Tranny Isis

Tyra Banks has proven herself to be a master at the art of self-promotion. Which is why news that Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model would host its first transgender contestant was a stroke of genius on her part. It was just provocative enough to incite

Comments

[unmellow_yellow]

Isn't tranny an offensive word, or do trans folk not mind being called that?

I'm just curious.

[morgabe333]

Yeah, I was just going to comment on that. Tranny is a claimed label, but ONLY for trans folk in the sex industry (which Isis is obviously not). A little research is all I ask.

[tracing]

I used to think 'Jew' was an offensive term.
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It just didn't seem nice.

[jake0]

L.MAO...

[see_every_part]

Lol. I can see it. :)

[tracing]

I currently live in CA, but I grew up overseas in a military family.
:3
Any reason?

[tracing]

Oh, ahah I understand.
No, I just thought it was just not proper to call a Jewish man a Jew. I thought you were supposed to refer to them as Jewish, like:
He's Jewish.
Not he's a Jew.

I suppose I related it to that of calling a Filipino a Flip, or things like that.

[whosapalandrome]

I have heard people say that before, so I don't think your confusion when you were younger is in any way surprising. This is an interesting article from Google that talks about search results for "Jewish" vs. "Jew."

[whosapalandrome]

oh, forgot to post the link!: http://www.google.com/explanation.html

[tracing]

Oh that is interesting! Thank you!

I just tried it and Anti-semetic things don't show up anymore.
Hm...

[not_so_neato]

Whoa. I've never seen them issue a formal apology before.

[ohsoposhh]

lo me too.

[dontletsbesilly]

lol so did i. i had a jewish teacher and had to write a paper on the holocaust. i wrote "jewish people" like a billion times in that paper and he wrote me a note saying you're just supposed to say jews.