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I don't think saying "darky" is ok

Posted on: November 18, 2016 at 16:49:33 CT
Cosmo MU
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But negro? I just googled it and there is no negative connotation to that word according to many sources. Yes, it's an older term, but according to dictionaries, it just means relating to black people, and had nothing negative associated with it.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=negro
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Forgive my ignorance - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:33:04
     Well if you are providing money for college it's apparently - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 11/18 17:39:01
     It's not really ok - MidwestLittleTiger STL - 11/18 16:46:02
          I'm biting my tongue. Hard. - jumbo73 MU - 11/18 17:49:22
          I don't think saying "darky" is ok - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:49:33
               I think negro is as bad as darky - MidwestLittleTiger STL - 11/18 16:57:42
                    Better let the Negro League Baseball Museum know. (nm) - BB63 MU - 11/18 21:10:21
                    Well then, what would YOU use. Lets be PC here.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:58:59
                         I usually try using people's names (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 11/18 17:05:24
                         steve. although sometimes i use stephen just to **** him off - phrejd MU - 11/18 17:00:34
                              So I can call black dudes Steve? Cool. I SO want - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 17:06:08
                                   is this really this difficult for you? (nm) - phrejd MU - 11/18 17:06:54
                                        Nope. And you?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 18:41:20
                         Non-Norwegian (nm) - MidwestLittleTiger STL - 11/18 16:59:37
                              there are black people in norway. - phrejd MU - 11/18 17:28:41
                    Interesting - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:58:09
               didn't someone on here say they moved out of stl because of - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:52:14
               obviously, context really matters too - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:51:43
                    "What it is, homie?" - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:55:17
                    but if you're talking to jules and he's sending the wolf - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:53:48
                         'dead african american storage' doesn't have the same - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 17:00:35
                              tough to fit on a sign too. (nm) - phrejd MU - 11/18 17:02:15
          this is kind of interesting: - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:48:15
          My grandpa used the word "darkies" to describe - playhard NWMSU - 11/18 16:48:14
               RE: My grandpa used the word "darkies" to describe - Eggs MU - 11/18 16:49:55
                    So does the NAACP - BB63 MU - 11/18 21:13:28
                    Mine too (nm) - Cosmo MU - 11/18 17:00:27
                         mine dropped the n word, with strong emphasis. - phrejd MU - 11/18 17:13:20
     Is it tacky to ask a person if they're from Niger? - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:38:22
          evolution doesn't have a direction - cnk ATL - 11/18 16:45:55
               Not meaningless at all. And how do you know - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:48:13
                    It is meaningless - cnk ATL - 11/18 16:54:14
                         So then we evolved from what?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:55:09
                              Deez nuts! HA!! (nm) - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:56:50
                              How far are you wanting me to go back?(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/18 16:56:36
                                   Pick something.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:57:05
                                        Some ancient placental mammal(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/18 17:00:44
               just for argument's sake, if we know the path our evolution - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:47:34
                    No - cnk ATL - 11/18 16:50:04
                         Correct (nm) - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:53:05
                         but to evolve is to go from simple to more complex - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:52:52
                              That is a misconception, see above(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/18 16:55:22
                              So that would be like the Terminator 2 getting reduced to - Eggs MU - 11/18 16:54:12
                              No it isn't - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:53:53
                                   my views on this topic are evolving (nm) - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:55:34
                                        So is my boner (nm) - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:57:07
                                   well then the google definition is ****ed - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:55:25
                                        "especially" - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:56:08
                                             'develop' - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:57:52
                                                  Try biological evolution(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/18 17:05:51
               wait. did monkeys evolve from humans? - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:46:48
                    No - cnk ATL - 11/18 16:48:54
                         i bet that common ancestor was into some freaky **** - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:54:29
                    Well they are about to - Eggs MU - 11/18 16:47:25
               That's what those demlibtards want you to think! (nm) - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:46:35
          RE: Is it tacky to ask a person if they're from Niger? - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:42:40
               Because I'm lucky.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:44:30
          Be more dramatic about it - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:41:15
               Wait. Teenage girls don't like refs? Damn. Maybe - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:43:56
                    he's making fun of you, not the teenage girls. - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:45:30
          Solid post(nm) - Eggs MU - 11/18 16:40:27
          i think that's a bit of a stretch. (nm) - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:39:56
               TWSS - HAHAHAHAHA -Tigrrrr - hefeweizen (nm) - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:45:21
     Fauxrage on social media is fantastic - Eggs MU - 11/18 16:38:18
     respond with: "so what do i write on my check to the - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:38:07
          I seriously was thinking about mentioning the - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:39:39
               also, don't call them "colored people" unless of course - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:44:34
          HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA(nm) - Eggs MU - 11/18 16:38:35
     it's like n*gger lite - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:34:53
          Colt 45? (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 11/18 16:35:19
     The left constantly changes what is acceptable. Queer - TheWildcat STL - 11/18 16:33:57
          anal violations aside, i think it's always been acceptable. - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:35:50
               lmao (nm) - Cosmo MU - 11/18 16:36:37
          yep, that's how language evolves - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:35:35
               What the left does to language, and rational thought, - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:36:51
               How are sane people supposed to know what is offensive - TheWildcat STL - 11/18 16:36:25
                    Ask your local liberal. They're the ones who create this - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:39:43
                    no, it's ever changing - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:37:23
                         * unless it's accompanied by a sick beat. then it's OK (nm) - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:39:00
                              that's an interesting one - TigerwTLP MU - 11/18 16:40:33
                                   We should all be required by law to, when we - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:42:50
                                        like you don't already? (nm) - phrejd MU - 11/18 16:47:37
                                             Doesn't matter. ALL need to. Comprende?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/18 16:58:26
                                                  i don't speak spanish. - phrejd MU - 11/18 17:04:24




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