hasn't the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) changed their name?
Or is it the same as the N word,,,, they can say it but we cannot?
2007-03-21 10:22:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Why am I ignorant for asking this? I thought it was a very good question. Please,,,you don't have to be insulting to answer. Thanks.
2007-03-21 10:34:49 · update #1
So true, you go girl.
2007-03-21 10:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by James B 5 · 5⤊ 3⤋
because of branding. people know who the NAACP is and what they do.
if they change there name they will have to start all over with branding that name into people's mind.
The name NAACP has a long history that you think of when you here the name. if they change their name, people will think it's just some new group and not connect to it's long rich history and that could hurt some the clout this group has.
it would take to much time to reband the new name with that histroy. Time they can use to focus on more important things.
Plus it would cost to much money to get new stationary.
2007-03-21 17:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by goldenbrowngod 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You did not ask an ignorant question at all. You asked a question that made some people uncomfortable and made them think about something unpleasant. That's why you are getting some snippy answers. And you are right on about the N word... the black rappers can use it right and left in the name of their " art " , but you bettter not even get past "***....".
I don't like that word at all and do not use it, but I do not like the double standard ignored by black Americans. They should take a stand against this.
Now, how long before I'll get a violation notice just for that. Oh, well, what the hell.....won't be the first time.
2007-03-21 17:47:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think you’ve answered your own question. While the adjective “colored” in reference to non-whites in the U.S. has indeed long been politically incorrect, the term “person of color” is often used today by professional victims and their p.c. stooges (in politics and academia) in referring to a member of the protected class, that is, anyone who is not white. Because it is an organization in steep decline, the NAACP in particular does not want to limit its putative constituency to just those today called African-Americans or blacks, especially by rejecting a well-established name.
2007-03-21 17:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by Thucydides 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
they can say anything they want its the way of History go back when we had slaves,now we're all to be recreated equal but not by the NAACP and the KKK they are trying to take over.the KKK can go to hell and the NAACP can also go back and learn a History Lesson on along with the KKK,they are not ******* in my book they are ppl that have just as much right here as anyone else in this world does
2007-03-21 17:31:25 · answer #5 · answered by rebelady28379 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dear, I don't think any considerate person has used the word "colored" since the 1960s.
A group gets to choose how they want to be referenced. This can, and does, change at any time.
I have never heard a person of color call themselves "colored." So I don't think they use that term.
When my Grandmother used to use this term (in the 1970s) I always asked her, "Are they green, purple or plaid?" That drove the point home, and she would fire back with an even worse word (unprintable, but still not the "N" word).
So it just goes to show you that we can choose to learn hatred, or learn to choose equality, and peace and justice. Which one do you embrace?
2007-03-21 17:28:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
I call it an identity crisis. When the African American Population can get along amongst themselves and Sharpton is not insulting Obama anymore and stops calling him a pseudo-***** the African American population will be able to define who they are.
Also once they no longer feel disenfranchised in this society they will decide on an ethnic title.
Don't worry, give them time. They have only had their freedom for 170 years. It took us that long to determine that we were to be called Americans.
2007-03-21 17:29:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I use the word "N igger" all the time. I don't give a flying F uck what the coons or phony liberals think.
2007-03-22 15:40:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we are all colored. Unless your are an albino. You should have color pigments in your hair and skin.
2007-03-21 17:33:25 · answer #9 · answered by germaine_87313 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want to see colored people, buy a coloring book! As for the n word, you can say it, but you may have to use your nikes after that. Nevertheless, please stop being ignorant!
2007-03-21 17:28:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
I that is something we should not try and figure out.
you should ask a african- american the question.
or not ask it at all.
2007-03-21 17:29:59 · answer #11 · answered by katana b 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋