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"quit playing in the trees like monkeys" nets criminal charges?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 151223" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Not being a racist or being from a family of racists, I have no idea what all the terms are that racists use to convey their racist thoughts. Apparently they can corrupt any random word into a slur which lays traps for those of us who aren't racist and don't engage in racist rhetoric. The racists know the jargon, the targets of racism know the jargon, the rest of are clueless. Yeah, we all know the big ones, but there are any number of words or phrases or even nuances which can and do go right over the head of many of us. </p><p></p><p>It happens that I do know that the word "monkey" can have racist meanings (thanks to the Cosell incident I mentioned earlier) but, absent other indicators, I wouldn't assume that anyone using the word "monkey" to refer to children is automatically a racist. Not everyone thinks like I do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 151223, member: 1498"] Not being a racist or being from a family of racists, I have no idea what all the terms are that racists use to convey their racist thoughts. Apparently they can corrupt any random word into a slur which lays traps for those of us who aren't racist and don't engage in racist rhetoric. The racists know the jargon, the targets of racism know the jargon, the rest of are clueless. Yeah, we all know the big ones, but there are any number of words or phrases or even nuances which can and do go right over the head of many of us. It happens that I do know that the word "monkey" can have racist meanings (thanks to the Cosell incident I mentioned earlier) but, absent other indicators, I wouldn't assume that anyone using the word "monkey" to refer to children is automatically a racist. Not everyone thinks like I do. [/QUOTE]
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