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Originally Posted by BigRichard
Bullshit, it is about context. Words by themselves are not racist. They are words. It is the context in which they are used that make them racist. So simply calling a black man a boy is not racist. As we have no way of reading Romanowski's mind I don't think there is any way to say if it was racist or not. Was he just pointing to the fact that Cam is young and did not act with the demeanor of a grown man... I would lean that way but I can't say that with 100% certainty.
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Originally Posted by Lex Luthor
Calling a black man "boy" has ALWAYS been a racial putdown.
Maybe not since the beginning of time, but it has for the last 200 years in this country.
So yeah, it automatically means you're a racist.
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Originally Posted by PizzaDoughz
Bigrichard and detoxing don't understand this.
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I don't think you and Lex have a good understanding of what context is.
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