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This is one reason to use the words black or white:

… it’s been 11 days since two African- American teenagers were killed, electrocuted during a police chase, which prompted all of this.

No the French are not killing Americans.

8 Responses to “Stupid Quotes”

  1. Les Says:

    “it’s been 11 days since two African- American teenagers were killed”

    Gosh, I hope it wasn’t the Gun Guy’s kids.

  2. Bruce Says:

    Is “dumbass” hyphenated?

  3. persimmon Says:

    Hilarious. Those TV journalism jobs are challenging.

  4. tgirsch Says:

    Ya know, I’m sypmathetic, but what happens when they’re of Chinese or Japanese descent? Do we call them “yellow?”

  5. SayUncle Says:

    I’d call them oriental.

  6. Les Says:

    Tom and Uncle: not only were these guys not American in any way (this was in France, for anyone who hasn’t gotten the joke), but even the “African” part in this context is totally unhelpful in determining the person’s ethnicity. They could be sub-Saharan Africans (i.e., black), or they could be North Africans (most of the Muslims in France are Algerian, Moroccan, or Tunisian). In fact, it’s the latter, but you’d never know it from that CNN report.

  7. David A. Garrett Jr. Says:

    Then consider me a european american, on second thought, white is fine.

  8. tgirsch Says:

    Les:

    I know. The problem is that there simply is no inoffensive way to refer to someone’s ethnicity if you don’t know precisely what it is (which, because of slavery, we often simply don’t know for blacks).

    Uncle:

    I’m pretty sure that’s generally considered offensive, although it varies from person to person. I hear “asian” a lot, but I don’t think that’s right, either.

    David:

    I prefer “cracker ass crackah.” Or “polack.” 🙂

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