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Why do so many people on this thread hate NPR so much & why do you keep saying it's liberal? What is so offensive about NPR? I'm beginning to think the people who chime on here about "typical NPR liberal bias", yada yada yada has never listened to NPR in their life.
although I don't believe Gringo is a racists slur, but then again I'm not white. However the comment was extremely ignorant and insensitive. Those types of thoughts should be best left in one's own head.
When did gringo become a slur...folk in Texas use gringo all the time; White folk included. Is White folk a slur? just checking
Yes in this context it was. Imagine if the writer had been white and decided to write a racial slur against Hispanics. My god you wouldn't be able to blink before it was on the national news and that writer was fired. I'm not personally offended at the use of the term "Gringo" what grates me is the blatant double standard on display at NPR and really around the country. In today's USA it is impossible for a non-white to be racist. Whereas a white person cannot even acknowledge pride in their own race with out being labeled "racist." I noticed a username here "blackandproud," which if fine. But I imagine I'd be banned if my username was "whiteandproud."
We live in a world where being labeled "racist" is the worst thing you can be called. Then there's this Newsweek article:
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That leads to the question that everyone wonders but rarely dares to ask. If "black pride" is good for African-American children, where does that leave white children? It's horrifying to imagine kids being "proud to be white."
The question is why? Why is it "horrifying" for white kids to be proud of their ancestry? Why does society tolerate, nay encourage racial pride in minorities and homosexuals yet whites are excluded from this show of pride?
Yes in this context it was. Imagine if the writer had been white and decided to write a racial slur against Hispanics. My god you wouldn't be able to blink before it was on the national news and that writer was fired. I'm not personally offended at the use of the term "Gringo" what grates me is the blatant double standard on display at NPR and really around the country. In today's USA it is impossible for a non-white to be racist. Whereas a white person cannot even acknowledge pride in their own race with out being labeled "racist." I noticed a username here "blackandproud," which if fine. But I imagine I'd be banned if my username was "whiteandproud."
We live in a world where being labeled "racist" is the worst thing you can be called. Then there's this Newsweek article:
The question is why? Why is it "horrifying" for white kids to be proud of their ancestry? Why does society tolerate, nay encourage racial pride in minorities and homosexuals yet whites are excluded from this show of pride?
I've never read or heard anyone state that a child white, black or asian could not show pride in their heritage. Its one thing to show your pride, but its another to demean, disrespect or denograte another race at the same time. Yes I'm very proud to be Black no matter what anyone says. For the record, in response to my user name, there have been posters with the following names "proudandwhite", "whiteandproud", proudwhitedude.
There is nothing at all wrong with these tag name, nothing. Not sure where you get the notion that its "horrifying" to anyone for a white kid to show pride in their ancestry. This is a bogus notion, but I will respect that it is of YOUR opinion as well as the author of the article.
Edit: I went back and re-read the entire article and believe you were disengenerous in your use of the quote.
Here is the entire context of that one line
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That leads to the question that everyone wonders but rarely dares to ask. If "black pride" is good for African-American children, where does that leave white children? It's horrifying to imagine kids being "proud to be white." Yet many scholars argue that's exactly what children's brains are already computing. Just as minority children are aware that they belong to an ethnic group with less status and wealth, most white children naturally decipher that they belong to the race that has more power, wealth, and control in society; this provides security, if not confidence. So a pride message would not just be abhorrent—it'd be redundant.
The study shows what children are predisposed of by their own parents. No where in the article did it indicate that society, especial blacks believe that its horrifying for white children to show pride in their ancestry. American children are taught, American history throughout their years in school, but education and family/ancestorial history should be taught at home. I will not trust any outsiders to instill in my children what they should and should not be proud of, why should anyone?
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