DISCUSSION - behaving around other races, political correctness

[lissie_pissie]

OKAY SO THIS IS EXCITING. lksdhdfsjkdfa. I'm pulling a response to THIS POST and opening up the first of many of these discussions.

question;
A white person describes a black person as articulate. The black person takes offense, because of the somewhat old stereotype that black people are not as educated and cannot express themselves in a clear,

Comments

[lissie_pissie]

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[a_celeste]

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[lissie_pissie]

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[zorabet]

I feel as if that's about tone. If she had said, "You're a quite articulate young man," that should be taken as a compliment. But if it was more of a "Well. You're articulate," or was said with a tone of surprise, that could be taken offensively.

It's more of a question of intent, but that of course raises the question of how one understands another's intent. Some stereotype victims are just that- victims. Some people just want to find things to be offended by, and are going to take offense to stupid things no matter what the intention was. I think that, if any, the line between being politically incorrect and stereotyping is intent. But I also believe that we will never be able to stop misinterpritations, because there will never be a way to 100% detect tone, if that makes sense.

Also, I love this discussion thing, so fun and stimulating!

[medland]

I agree with this. Also, I love your icon.

[regalish]

I also agree with your statement. It's all about tone and emphasis on certain words that could bend a statement one way or the other.

Some people just want to find things to be offended by, and are going to take offense to stupid things no matter what the intention was. I think I know some of those people, haha.

But I also believe that we will never be able to stop misinterpritations, because there will never be a way to 100% detect tone, if that makes sense. That does make sense. Everybody says things in ways unique to them, and everybody hears things in ways unique to them, if that makes sense.

Also I second the comment about your icon, lol. Slap bracelets FTW. God how I miss all the dangerous toys of my youth.

[ashley_west]

I've been waiting for you to post this, discussions are fun and I missed the last one. RL can go stuff itself

[soonersurrender]

I completely agree. Everyone is different in one way or the other. But we all want to be treated as equals to one another. That's the most important thing. Just because I might have the same skin color as other white people, we could be completely different in every other way. There are black people out there who I have much more in common with than certain white people. Skin color is only one factor.

[soonersurrender]

As much as I hate to say it, sometimes I just think it's a cultural barrier. Just like my ancestors were raised to fear and look down upon black people, I feel like black people are raised to believe that white people are constantly trying to suppress them. I, personally, am not interested in anything like that. The idea that I, as a middle class white person, am superior (or inferior) to any other living person on this planet is preposterous to me. Everyone is different, true, but we all have our own strengths and weaknesses. And when it comes down to it, we all want the exact same things

[logophobia12]

I don't really have anything to add - but I just wanted to give a big WORD! to this. There was a girl that I went to high school with and we didn't exactly get along. We were fighting about some group project and she pulled the whole, "you just don't like me because I'm black!" "Uh, no, I don't like you cuz you're a bitch."

Maybe not the greatest example, but it is frustrating when regular arguments turn racial for no reason.