BadPinkTink
Republic of Ireland is not part of UK
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No, we don't know - which is why I think the reaction was too quick. (I did only say "I'm still not sure...") But people today want instant results, and that often means knee-jerk reactions instead of research. I'd like to see some interviews with people who actually knew her or something.
The irony here is not lost on me.
The word “Yankee”, when spoken both today as well as centuries ago, very often is meant as a derogatory word.
You also don't know that they didn't."Probably"? I don't know that they did.
I'm from Massachusetts. Yankee is absolutely a derogatory word here!The irony here is not lost on me.
The word “Yankee”, when spoken both today as well as centuries ago, very often is meant as a derogatory word.
80+ years after slavery was abolished.You don't get it. The words, in the big sense, are about slavery, and slavery was wrong - even in the 1930's.
You also don't know that they didn't.
I'm from Massachusetts. Yankee is absolutely a derogatory word here!
80+ years after slavery was abolished.
Wow. I’m not sure I’m worthy of all those exclamation marks, but I appreciate them nonetheless. In an attempt to help put you at ease, I will add that I’m not having any difficulty understanding. Hope that helps.It's not about a derogatory word! It's about racism!! Why is that so hard to understand?
Wow. I’m not sure I’m worthy of all those exclamation marks, but I appreciate them nonetheless. In an attempt to help put you at ease, I will add that I’m not having any difficulty understanding. Hope that helps.
When my relatives call someone “yanqui “ it’s definitely not complimentary.The irony here is not lost on me.
The word “Yankee”, when spoken both today as well as centuries ago, very often is meant as a derogatory word.
I'm from Massachusetts. Yankee is absolutely a derogatory word here!
The novel had nothing to do with slavery, it was set in the 1930’s and depicted the feelings on race back then. An innocent black man was convicted of a crime it was pretty obvious he didn’t commit because of the race climate at that time.Again, it's not about the individual words being used. "To Kill A Mockingbird" was teaching the WRONGness of slavery.
New Yorker (and Yankee fan) here. Isn’t it amazing that you and I still seem to peacefully coexist in the exact same country. It boggles the mind...
The novel had nothing to do with slavery, it was set in the 1930’s and depicted the feelings on race back then. An innocent black man was convicted of a crime it was pretty obvious he didn’t commit because of the race climate at that time.
Wow. I’m not sure I’m worthy of all those exclamation marks, but I appreciate them nonetheless. In an attempt to help put you at ease, I will add that I’m not having any difficulty understanding. Hope that helps.
I'm glad you appreciated them!!!
Thank you for the kind response. I find your avatar to be appropriate. You certainly are the “fairest” of them all. That is what Grimm meant by “fairest”....isn’t it?
many people here over the age of 60 use the word coloured when referring to black people. Is that racist in 2019, yes BUT many of the people who use that word in 2019 grew up in a world where that was the society norm. That word to THEM is the correct and proper term, its part of their vocabulary, just the same as the words blue, green tea, coffee. They would mostly live in a white society and would not interact with black people, except seeing them on TV or in films, or Obama. They dont understand that the world has moved on and that word is now considered racist. They get confused when you say it to them, as the saying the words black person to them is wrong, as THAT was considered racist when they were growing up!
They weren't playing "When Darkies Were Born" at Flyers games...they were playing God Bless America.