Okay, I'll kick off the end of my long absence with a local story (see Commissioner Defends Position That 'Black Hole' is Racist Term).
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is sticking to his comments that the term "black hole," which a colleague used, is racist.Price also says language such as "angel food cake" and "devil's food cake" are also racially insensitive.
Other racially insensitive terms I want in on the ground floor to objecting:
- white out
- red eye
- greenhouse effect (definitely offended at that one)
- little red wagon
- white liberal guilt
- brown bear
- black bear
- blond headed
- redhead
- brown rice
- white rice
- fried rice
- head lice
- old spice
- green thumb
- green tea
- dog poop brown (the color of a car I drove in high school)
- any color associated with crayons, curtains, carpets, tiles, grout, cars, paint, wallpaper, and sheets like "rogue red", "peaceful pink", and "yummy yellow"
Come to think of it, let's just ban English altogether.
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