"It was a couple of black guys"

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Angrist

If you call a black person 'black' ('zwart') in the Netherlands, it sounds pretty racist. It's better to say dark (donker). I personally hate that the word negro (neger) has become racist. It's what they are. Like I'm... what am I anyway?
But now that it has gotten a racist undertone, I guess I won't use it anymore.
But what to call them then? Dutch Afro-American? It will only last a couple of years, then it's become racist too and we'll have to find another new word.

I always thought the word negro was rooted in Latin, which almost translates to black as well.

I just prefer to be called Earl. As far as forms go, either Jamaican American or Black American.

[Combine 017]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

I always thought the word negro was rooted in Latin, which almost translates to black as well.

I just prefer to be called Earl. As far as forms go, either Jamaican American or Black American.

And I prefer you to be called Three Dog.

[Typhoid]

Because of Angrists post, I'm now calling Earl "Donker".

If you call a black person 'black' ('zwart') in the Netherlands, it sounds pretty racist. It's better to say dark (donker). I personally hate that the word negro (neger) has become racist. It's what they are.

I also laughed at the almost accidental ignorance of the "It's what they are."

And I'm fairly certain that negro is only frowned upon by some because of it's ties in with "nigger", and the fact old generations went to using it in a bad light.

[KillerGremlin]

I prefer to refer to people by their name, or if I'm telling a story I just say "man" or "woman." But if I do get descriptive I go with Black or Black American. African American is a stupid generalization to apply to Black people because not everyone who is Black came from Africa.

But then you all look the same to me. White, Canadian, Asian, Black, Mexican. It gets the job done, and at the end of the day I'm only like 97% racist.