The other day, I met a British woman Of A Certain Age who was talking about being mugged in London. At one point, she said, "Some nice Negress found my wallet and turned it in to the police."
I was rather taken aback, but it was clearly just part of her vocabulary and not meant to be insulting in any way. I'd think a bit more highly of her if she were aware that different terms are presently in vogue, but I wasn't about to brand her a racist because of her old-fashioned lingo.
(The other woman who was complaining about how all Thais are whiny and she wants to slap them, however, was proof positive that one can demonstrate prejudice without ever using overtly prejudiced terminology.)
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Date: 2008-11-04 10:15 pm (UTC)I was rather taken aback, but it was clearly just part of her vocabulary and not meant to be insulting in any way. I'd think a bit more highly of her if she were aware that different terms are presently in vogue, but I wasn't about to brand her a racist because of her old-fashioned lingo.
(The other woman who was complaining about how all Thais are whiny and she wants to slap them, however, was proof positive that one can demonstrate prejudice without ever using overtly prejudiced terminology.)