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Old 03-04-2015, 02:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So if it's not racist then it's still potentially a perfectly valid scientific term. So why shouldn't it be usable? Lot's of things about science offend people, but that doesn't mean that it should bow to social pressure.

If you were a minority and someone called you that, trust me baby you would not like it....
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But it's not necessarily a racial slur. I think it's been replaced with "congoid", but I'm pretty sure that's purely a name change just so it doesn't sound offensive, and therefore means the exact same thing. If you want to interpret negroid as racist then I can't do anything about that, but that doesn't mean you get to judge others for not sharing your particular views on language.
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Old 03-04-2015, 01:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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mot according to the internet and science, both are never wrong
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mot according to the internet and science, both are never wrong


Science was based on western principles that were heavily rooted in racism and prejudice. The internet is contaminated with ignorance and foolery so I disagree with you.
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Science was based on western principles that were heavily rooted in racism and prejudice.
is that right
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is that right
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Science was based on western principles that were heavily rooted in racism and prejudice. The internet is contaminated with ignorance and foolery so I disagree with you.
Lol. Well.
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See Soulflower, when you say things like

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Science was based on western principles that were heavily rooted in racism and prejudice. The internet is contaminated with ignorance and foolery so I disagree with you.
People might very easily misinterpret that as you flat out calling science racist.
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See Soulflower, when you say things like



People might very easily misinterpret that as you flat out calling science racist.

But there are certain aspects about Science that is racist especially old science that did not have a lot of research on diversity and multiculturalism.
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