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It’s possible you may have misheard the word. There is the word ‘pickanniny’, which is a derogatory term for a black child. I first became aware of that word when reading Alex Haley’s ‘Roots’ over 16 years ago, but have not heard of it since.
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,The word is offensive to you because you choose to be offended by it. You have the power to give it as much meaning as you want it to. By deliberately deciding to give it that power, and a negative one at that, you will always be offended, no matter the context. To which I would ask: Why do you make that choice?
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,Racist? No. Prejudiced? Probably. Evil? Hardly. You are using two incidents to prejudge the behavior of everyone who shares in their characteristics, not a desired trait in our culture. That you are asking here shows you have an open mind and are seeking input, a very desired trait in our culture. My advice: take every trip to the cinema one at a time, and sit where you please regardless of who’s sitting near you. If someone is being rude, you can then use that opportunity to move or contact the management. I generally try to sit away from EVERYBODY, regardless of race, age or class. I like my space.
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,Pedophilia IS a sexual orientation. To take your wording: ‘It does not indicate whether sexual activity has taken place or will take place; it merely indicates how your brain is wired to respond sexually…’ The acting out of pedophilia is child molestation. Neither are accepted in our culture. *opinion time* However, it would be a better world if pedophiles could ‘come out’ much as gays do and no longer be afraid. At least then, we’d know who they are, and get rid of the double standard.
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,‘However, I can tell you one thing: the term ‘colored’ is not acceptable, and you should know that.’ Obviously, they didn’t know that, or they wouldn’t be asking here. That’s what this forum is for: to inform us of things we either don’t know or think we know but might be wrong. Please, a little patience and understanding with us ignoramuses.
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,I work in the college town of Boulder, Colorado. With some 30,000 students during the school year, and as a professional shuttle driver myself, I can attest with certainity that a lack of respect for traffic laws crosses all racial boundaries. Several times I have had to make a panic stop for someone who just waltzes out onto the street like they own the joint, and sometimes I get flipped off for my trouble of not running them over. I wouldn’t so much as say it’s a race issue, but a maturity issue. My evidence for that statement would come from the predominance of young college students displaying this dangerous behavior. (Sidenote: perhaps the ‘invincibility factor’ found in most youngsters, of which I was also experienced, has them feeling lucky)
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,As a former Atheist myself (currently Agnostic), I cannot agree with you more that religion has been the source of untold suffering throughout the ages. With that said, I cannot deny that religion has been used for exorbitant amounts of good in the world as well. It has to do more with the people who APPLY that faith, what they wish to accomplish with it. My first thought goes to Martin Luther King Jr., who used his faith to drag America kicking and screaming into the 20th century in regards to race relations. Catholic Charities comes to mind as a resource fighting poverty. Spirituality has also helped cultures with temperance, prevented them from descending into the proverbial ‘dens of iniquity’ that seek out the shallow pleasures of the flesh instead of striving for a higher calling in one’s life. Religion keeps people ‘in line’, thinking that there will be a final judgement of their actions postmortem. Faith also gives one hope that there is something more to this life than meets the eye, essentially giving them something to ‘live for’. Some scholars theorize that the biblical Godless cities of Sodom and Gemmorah destroyed themselves through negligence, since everyone was too preoccupied with themselves to keep the place up. Just like a police officer who rescues a child from a burning building can be the same person who unjustly arrests a homeless man for vagrancy, religion seems to be schitzophrenic in it’s application (if not hypocritical in it’s purpose). Some beliefs and practices boggle the mind, but as a free and open culture we must allow them to believe what they wish, as we would hope they extend that same courtesy to us (a.k.a. the Golden Rule)
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,I feel that a person has full and complete control of how they respond to a word. The presenter of that word can inject as much meaning as they want into the word, but only the receiver can fulfill that weight by acknowledging it. Hence if they become offended by it, they are choosing to be so. No other word in the English language carries so much weight. Some people believe that no white person can ever use this word, regardles of context; be it demeaning, in jest, or even in an educational and academic manner. If a black person called me a honkey to my face, I’d look at them and say ‘And…?’ I choose not to be offended.
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,Hello, Dan, I noticed you’re from Denver, as am I. I am familiar with these neighborhoods (and their reputations), I’ve lived in Aurora as well. Recently several of my white friends moved into some houses in Montbello, which caused a double-take from me. Your explanation cleared up a question of why my friends moved into these places, thank you.
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Name : Cheyenne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, Occupation : airport shuttle driver, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,
