Originally posted by roopooroo
I don't understand what the problem is, and I really don't understand Aspen and Misty's reply.

Calling someone black is like calling them stupid? Am I reading that correctly?

Sorry, that is NOT at all what I ment, not at all.

I did not mean that calling someone black is calling somone stupid. What I ment was to a 8 year old calling someone stupid is like calling them a swear word, so in a way calling someone black is wrong and that a person should not be seen by what color there skin is, or if it takes them longer to learn things, they should be seen by who they are a refered to by there name. I dunno if that makes sense, it's kinda hard to put into words.

Originally posted by roopooroo
What, exactly, is wrong with saying "that black man's shoes are nice"?
Well I know that around here if my child (which I have none) went around and said "O that balck mans shoes are nice" the person he was refering to would be offened and upset by what my child had said.

I think it's more of a repsect for peoples diffrent personalities, some people do NOT like to be reffered to as black and some people don't mind at all, it's just more of a repect thing.

I think Tonya said what I was trying to say up there ^ better in her last post.

Ash