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In response to "But being born in 1969, you surely understand that you can't ask your elders, who experienced things we didn't..." by TFox

Nope. My Grandmother used to use the word Colored, and Oriental. Not for bad reasons, but because it was just in her vocabulary.

Posted by Redmond (aka REDMOND) Feb 12 '09, 22:15

I used to correct her, and she kept saying I keep forgetting. It was ingrained in her speech patterns. It just sounded like a piano hitting a bad note when I heard it.

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OK, sure, but I think that is a little different than saying, "hey, folks, some of us white folks think this Image Awards is causing problems." - TFox Feb 12, 22:18 1
- Get what I am seeing here. I don't have a problem with the Image Awards as an award show. I think it does more harm to the people getting the award. - Redmond Feb 12, 22:24

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Nope. My Grandmother used to use the word Colored, and Oriental. Not for bad reasons, but because it was just in her vocabulary.

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