Can anyone explain to me why we don't use brown? I've always grown up knowing we cant say it (I'm 18 now) but where did that come from, I know its a derogatory saying but its clear that that woman isn't actually black although most would say shes black and the other woman is white. I would never use brown but when did it become a derogatory saying and why? I'm not being dumb either, I would normally say mixed raced.
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Skin colour...ooooh controversial!
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Bluemoon115
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Everyone's a ****.
That's equality for you.
That's equality for you.
JoeMercer'sWay
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Bluemoon115 said:Everyone's a ****.
That's equality for you.
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mancitygaz
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ooooooooooooooohh womanJoeMercer'sWay said:Bluemoon115 said:Everyone's a ****.
That's equality for you.
-50pts in the F1 Comp.
That's payback for you.
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Being colour blind (as I am), I sometimes wonder whether people who are blind ever associate skin colour to people that they come into contact with when they act and/or open their mouths to speak.
Somehow I suspect not on the basis that it would be totally irrelevant.
Somehow I suspect not on the basis that it would be totally irrelevant.
Ronnie the Rep
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Actually, who cares? It doesn't make any difference what the outside is, if younpeeledvthevskin off we would all look the same (except my willy would be bigger than yours of course)
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1961_vintage said:Being colour blind (as I am), I sometimes wonder whether people who are blind ever associate skin colour to people that they come into contact with when they act and/or open their mouths to speak.
Somehow I suspect not on the basis that it would be totally irrelevant.
Go to the Caribbean, shut your eyes and ask for beer can.
You won't have a local passing you a Red Stripe but you won't go hungry either.
And I'm sure the majority of blind people don't picture Barry White as some middle class white boy.
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mancitygaz said:1961_vintage said:Being colour blind (as I am), I sometimes wonder whether people who are blind ever associate skin colour to people that they come into contact with when they act and/or open their mouths to speak.
Somehow I suspect not on the basis that it would be totally irrelevant.
Go to the Caribbean, shut your eyes and ask for beer can.
You won't have a local passing you a Red Stripe but you won't go hungry either.
And I'm sure the majority of blind people don't picture Barry White as some middle class white boy.
Cheers there Gaz, I'll give that a go next time I'm over in Barbados - bet the locals have never heard that one before, you rascal you!
mancitygaz
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An old one granted, just pointing out that accents will and do make people associate skin colour with the spoken word.1961_vintage said:mancitygaz said:1961_vintage said:Being colour blind (as I am), I sometimes wonder whether people who are blind ever associate skin colour to people that they come into contact with when they act and/or open their mouths to speak.
Somehow I suspect not on the basis that it would be totally irrelevant.
Go to the Caribbean, shut your eyes and ask for beer can.
You won't have a local passing you a Red Stripe but you won't go hungry either.
And I'm sure the majority of blind people don't picture Barry White as some middle class white boy.
Cheers there Gaz, I'll give that a go next time I'm over in Barbados - bet the locals have never heard that one before, you rascal you!
whothefisAlice
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MCFC1993 said:Can anyone explain to me why we don't use brown? I've always grown up knowing we cant say it (I'm 18 now) but where did that come from, I know its a derogatory saying but its clear that that woman isn't actually black although most would say shes black and the other woman is white. I would never use brown but when did it become a derogatory saying and why? I'm not being dumb either, I would normally say mixed raced.
Well do me sideways, the 18year old gets it!!!!! Well in lad. You (and quite clearly, just about only you) get what this post is about. The colour of the skin of the lady in that picture is brown. Why is she labeled as black? She may even say she is a 'proud black lady', and the older lady below her may also say she is a 'proud white lady'.
Fact is. The one up top is brown and the one below is not white. Colours. That is fucking it. Nice one pal.