Siis hä? Sana naapuri loukkaa tummaihoisia kaikkialla maailmassa, niin miksi vitussa sitä pitää ääneen sanoa? Miksi se loukkaa kutakin, sitä en osaa sanoa, mutta tiedän, että se loukkaa. Joten kunnioitus kanssaeläjää kohtaan -> jätän sen sanomatta. Ei pitäisi olla kovin vaikeeta. Sana naapuri muokkautuu sanasta negro jota käytettiin mustista orjista, joten se on varmasti syynä monelle, miksei tästä sanasta pidetä. Se, että "valkoisilla" ei ole mitään tiettyä verrattavaa sanaa, josta loukkannuttaisiin ei mun mielestä oikeuta "valkoisia" viljelemään tiettyä sanaa joka toista rotua loukkaa, vaan siksi kun on "sanavapaus".
1. Monet tummaihoiset kutsuvat toisia tummaihoisia neekereiksi tai "niggereiksi" tai "negroiksi". Termi ei siis ole itsessään loukkaava.
2. Sanan alkuperästä sinulla ei selkeästi ole mitään käsitystä.
"Origin of NEGRO
Spanish or Portuguese, from negro black, from Latin nigr-, niger
First Known Use: 1555" Lähde:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negro
Tai miten olisi Kreikan versio: Greek Νέγρος Négros ("black")
Sana ei itsessään viittaa mitenkään orjiin ja on neutraali. Sitä kuvaa myös hyvin seuraava:
"The word "Negro" fell out of favor by the early 1970s in the United States after the Civil Rights movement. However, older African Americans from the older period of American life when "Negro" was widely considered to be acceptable, initially found the term "Black" more offensive than "Negro". Evidence for the acceptability of "Negro" is in the continued use the word by historical African-American organizations and institutions such as the United Negro College Fund. In current English language usage, "Negro" is generally considered to be acceptable in a historical context, such as baseball's Negro Leagues of the early and mid-20th century, or in the name of older organizations, as in Negro spirituals, the United Negro College Fund or the Journal of Negro Education. The U.S. Census now uses the grouping "Black, African-American or Negro." The term "negro" is used in efforts to include older African Americans who more closely associate with the term." Lähde:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro
Otteita eräästä pienestä puheesta nimeltä "I Have a Dream" ;)
# "In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men - yes, black men as well as white men - would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the
Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'"
# "It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the
Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the
Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual."
# "The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the
Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people. For many of our white brothers as evidenced by their presence here today have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone."