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Old 09-09-2020, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Boston
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we should drop the letter n and all n words from our vocabulary.
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Old 09-09-2020, 05:40 PM
 
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How did I miss this thread? Thanks for the laugh bud!
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Old 09-09-2020, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Japan
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we should drop the letter n and all n words from our vocabulary.
ice pla . The -letter makes a egligible co tribution to the E glish la guage a yway. From ow o that asty racist letter should ot be prese t o ew keyboards sold i the U ited States.
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Old 09-09-2020, 09:19 PM
 
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The Spanish word for black is negro. I wonder if this is a trigger word these days.
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Old 09-27-2020, 08:07 AM
 
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USC Marshall Finds Students Were Sincere, But Prof Did No Wrong In Racial Flap

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In one of the most talked-about controversies so far in the young 2020-2021 school year, a long-time professor at a top-25 business school was replaced in an MBA class he had been teaching for years after students complained that a Chinese word he demonstrated sounded too much like a racial slur in English. But a just-concluded internal investigation has absolved the professor of any wrongdoing, and the school’s dean says it’s time to move on.

After weeks of an internal investigation by USC’s Office for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX (EEO-TIX), however, Patton was found to have erred innocently, as Garrett announced to students and the rest of the Marshall School community in a September 25 email. The EEO-TIX found that “the concerns expressed by students were sincere,†the dean wrote, “but that Professor Patton’s actions did not violate the university’s policy. They have also communicated this to the professor and he allowed me to share their conclusion with you.

“To be clear, Professor Patton was never suspended nor did his status at Marshall change. He is currently teaching in Marshall’s EMBA program and he will continue his regular teaching schedule next semester.


An interesting note, a popular Black YouTuber named laoshu505000 (who seems to have a gift for being able to pick up and speak multiple languages, particulary Asian languages) posted on his channel three years ago about how a certain Chinese word sounded similar to the "N-word."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqmO4yvoXwQ
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Old 09-27-2020, 08:18 AM
 
Location: southern california
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Teaching what is politically acceptable rather than truth has done great damage
I must blame our schools for our social unrest
1939 Hitler youth movement revisited
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Old 09-27-2020, 08:34 AM
 
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we should drop the letter n and all n words from our vocabulary.
And 'we' should include all the black people that use it all the damn time. The double standard just amazes me.
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Old 09-27-2020, 10:30 AM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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Thanks for the update. Weeks of investigation? What a waste of time, but at least they didn't cave to idiots who will be problem employees in the years to come.
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Old 09-27-2020, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Life must be really difficult when you have to be offended by something EVERY DAY.
Black American privilege.

Be born in the world's richest country because our ancestors sold us into slavery, and spend all day whining about it.
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Old 09-30-2020, 01:50 PM
 
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The % of rap without that word has got to be near zero? Pretty much any rap I hear (and admittedly it's only when out and about because I don't listen to it myself) uses the word. There was a concert locally from a band I had not heard of. Somewhat of a known rap artist I guess. I looked up the lyrics just to get a taste for what he was rapping about. You guessed it. Almost every song I looked up had the word as well as those demeaning to women.
No, not "near zero" avoid using it. A LOT of rap avoids that word, and easily.
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