Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as 'colored people' in House floor debate - eviltoast

Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

  • cheesepotatoes@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So then why don’t you stop word policing and refer to groups based on their preferences?

    Or is the reality here that you’re annoyed that you can’t say bigoted, offensive things with impunity?

    • SlowNoPoPo@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      When are we going to realize that these groups are not homogenous groups full of people with different opinions and different sensitivities

      I think activists often take things way further than the affected people themselves even want