Posted by Noa on January 14, 2003, at 18:53:15
In reply to Re: anti-Semitic language--Rex » Noa, posted by OddipusRex on January 14, 2003, at 16:55:48
Rex, to answer your question--I don't think any of that kind of language is appropriate to a board like this. This community requires a certain amount of safety for all members, and the use of negative stereotypes puts that safety at risk. If one is describing a person in one's life, and the person happens to have certain traits that coincide with a sterotypes associated with their ethnic or racial group, and especially if that stereotype is often used as an ethnic or racial slur, then I think it is the civil thing to do to refrain from using that kind of language here on this board because of its propensity to hurt others here.
In any event, by saying in the post,
"I am a racist myself"
I think that Fuzzy himself was acknowledging that the language was racist and that should be enough to make one stop and think about how it will affect others.
What one says in private speech is another matter.
poster:Noa
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