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It's not that he used the term. But it's what he said about to about that community. I suggest that you listen to the audio. I get that Democrats want to dismiss this anyway they can, but his remarks were insensitive to both Blacks & Women. This at a time when Civil Rights were one of the most important issues facing the USA at the time.
I don't see it that way. What I see is that Democrats have been screaming that Trump (and anyone who voted for him) is a racist, as though the Democrats are so free of bigotry themselves. This just shows that Biden is a racist himself.
Also, his remark about "he'll put ya-all back in chains" is an insult to the intelligence of black people. IMHO. And don't forget about his remark about OBama being a "clean black." If Dems are attempting to win this election by accusing the other side of racism, they would do better than to put Biden up as the nominee.
Well, since you mentioned Trump...
Also from 1973:
"In 1973, Trump and his company Trump Management were sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for housing discrimination against black renters—a lawsuit which, according to Trump, he settled without an admission of guilt.[5][6][7]"
Where do you grow up? I grew up in one of the most liberal states in the country, next to one of the most liberal cities, and we were NOT saying Negro by the late 60s ( when I was a kid). Early 60s, yes.
My BLACK grandparents were still using "NEGRO" in the 1970s.
So, a choice between a guy who used the word "negro" back when this term was still widely used versus someone who refused to rent to black folks until he settled after a lawsuit? Gee, whiz, I'm not sure...
When posed like that it does seem like a tough choice.
The term negro is still an acceptable non-derisive term, it's just not common anymore, it was never offensive. It just means black. Anyone who gets upset about it must be young, or failing that, was out of touch when they were young.
I almost exclusively use the term 'African-American' in speech and when posting on social media, but sometimes otherwise 'black', the term 'negro' is old fashioned today.
A true picture of the man the Democrats call "front runner" is emerging from Joe Biden. It's not very flattering. This is a speech he gave in Ohio in 1973. In it among other things, he demeans a woman reporter by calling her "lovely" and then going on to say that both Democrats & Republican politicians are "Good for the Negro".
This while falsely claiming to have marched in the Civil Rights Movement.
"Former Vice President Joe Biden, the current 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunner, made racially insensitive remarks and comments women might find offensive in a 1973 speech."
(and yeah, some of you Biden apologists will immediately dismiss this because it's coming from Bretbart but the audio of the speech is there for anyone willing to listen)
The term negro is still an acceptable non-derisive term, it's just not common anymore, it was never offensive. It just means black. Anyone who gets upset about it must be young, or failing that, was out of touch when they were young.
I almost exclusively use the term 'African-American' in speech and when posting on social media, but sometimes otherwise 'black', the term 'negro' is old fashioned today.
Often today black Boomers use "NEE-gro" to refer to a black person with old thought patterns.
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