The revolution devours its children?

[northernladuk]

Presumably it's the context - "negro" on its own may be OK, but preceding it by "house" is pretty insulting!

I take from the comment it was meant to insinuate he was a house slave type thing which is a pretty outrageous thing to say.

[vetran]

Exactly ... it's a racial slur. Well, it is to me anyway.

I just don't get why skin colour, country of birth or anything similar needs to be used at all. We're all human, it's just that some of us were lucky enough to be born on one patch of earth, behind an imaginary line in the dirt, compared to another.

Country/nation/culture is such an antiquated idea, and yet as humans we cling on to them and use them to define ourselves and attack others.

Its not really an inter racial slur as its used by Blacks to Blacks suggesting that the person is white inside i.e. they aren't truly black you are a bounty bar or a House N*gro. As Mr Robinson suggested that there are apparently certain prescribed ways to be black not just being a good citizen.

Nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage (unless you are white British - apparently) I have had great evenings drinking with Scottish, Irish, French, Italians, Germans, Dutch, Nigerians, Kenyans, Ghanaians, Albanians & Indians they were frequently in their normal national dress and very proud of where they came from and what that meant to them however many were proud and glad to be in the UK.

When something kicked off you might think alliances would have been formed based on ethnicity, however frequently people just do the right thing.

I was at an British/Albanian christening and there was a disagreement with the British Black DJ (who was crap) but actually another Black guy, a few of us white British guys, an Indian and some of the Albanians formed a group pleading for peace and succeeded in convincing some of the Albanian Dad's relatives to not get physical and the DJ to decrease his fee. I suspect if that hadn't happened the DJ would have been in hospital that definitely seemed the intention at the outset.

What is happening here is people are demanding certain behaviours and views based on skin colours or ethnicity they belong to. You are black so you must agree with me! You are white and proud so you must be a NAZI etc.

Just as BLM proclaim there is racial discrimination in the world, therefore you must support their demands whatever they are.

[Paralytic]

I take from the comment it was meant to insinuate he was a house slave type thing which is a pretty outrageous thing to say.

No-one kicked up a fuss when poor Dobby was referred to as a house-elf.



[spoiler]PS. He dies[/spoiler]

[vetran]

I take from the comment it was meant to insinuate he was a house slave type thing which is a pretty outrageous thing to say.

AIUI The House part is to suggest he is owned as a slave and tows the masters line so is a traitor to the other slaves.

its pretty horrible.

[northernladuk]

No-one kicked up a fuss when poor Dobby was referred to as a house-elf.



[spoiler]PS. He dies[/spoiler]

Because dobby lives and works in the house and is an elf. Facts aren't offensive, or they didn't used to be. If someone called the thr House purple tw*t I'm sure there would be uproar.

[Paralytic]

Because dobby lives and works in the house and is an elf. Facts aren't offensive, or they didn't used to be. If someone called the thr House purple tw*t I'm sure there would be uproar.

I didn't actually expect anyone to take that seriously, but...

They are supposed to be very loyal to the head of their family. An owner or master can 'free' a house elf by giving him or her clothes.

Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/House Elf - Wikibooks, open books for an open world

[Gibbon]

This a continuation of stuff Labour MPs Clive Lewis, Nadine White and Naz Shah have been doing.


If you're an ethnic minority Conservative, you just can't win - CapX

[vetran]

This a continuation of stuff Labour MPs Clive Lewis, Nadine White and Naz Shah have been doing.


If you're an ethnic minority Conservative, you just can't win - CapX

oh cheers interesting reading, I sort of suspected that sort of thing was going on but lets hope they smoke it out, having good ethnic minority MPs and supporting them is the only way we will calm racial tension. I want to see these sort of racially motivated scum as reviled as the BNP.

[northernladuk]

I didn't actually expect anyone to take that seriously, but...



Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/House Elf - Wikibooks, open books for an open world

I'm outraged. Outraged I tell ye!

[Fraidycat]

The big N still gets used often by Hollywood, "Negro" much less often, pretty archiac to use it these days: