They shouldn't have let it slip by them, but is the word "negro" offensive? It does appear that people who use the term often do so in a derisive way, but what about The United Negro College Fund? Should they change their name?
No. That group has been around since before the civil rights era, when the term negro was still in vogue.
It's a lot like the word "niggardly". The word. in and of itself. is not offensive. But it's used so infrequently, that when someone does choose to use it, it's pretty obvious that it's meant to cause confusion and offense. When someone says "negro" these days, it's pretty much code for another word.
At any rate if fox news had not reported about the republican politician getting heat over his email then 240 would have started a thread about that LOL either way ppl would bitch.
You've posted this quip twice, as if it's insightful or bears any relevance to the issue. So they reported the story... so, that means they should continue to refer to Obama as a "magical negro" and not be called out for it? Would they have spent the next four years reffering to Cindy McCain as a c*nt, had her husband been elected? Would that have been okay, as long as they ran a story pointing out that John McCain had called her one in front of reporters. If CNN or MSNBC had spent the rest of the campaign referring to "known girl, Cindy McCain", would you start a thread critiquing them or John McCain?
The article in which the phrase was popularized spent the entire article explaining the premise of the "magic negro". When Fox covered the story during the campaign, no one found their use of the word controversial. When Fox ran the ticker using the phrase, without any context or any credible reason to do so, it was called out for it. It's called context.
