“negro” and “Caucasian” vs “black” and “white”

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Originally Posted by Millennium

If most people agree that people are rarely if ever literally the colors of their race names, and more importantly that there’s colour overlap between races, that they’re not exclusive to any one race, doesn’t that make more technical names like Caucasian & negro, rather than black & white, more logical? I’m not sure just what social problems existed in America to make colors more preferable to names, but it’s defied all logic.

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If most people agree that people are rarely if ever literally the colors of their race names, and more importantly that there’s colour overlap between races, that they’re not exclusive to any one race, doesn’t that make more technical names like Caucasian & negro, rather than black & white, more logical? I’m not sure just what social problems existed in America to make colors more preferable to names, but it’s defied all logic.

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STOP SPAMMING THIS BOARD WITH THIS SHIT.

Seek medical help.

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Originally Posted by sean

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post7311461



STOP SPAMMING THIS BOARD WITH THIS SHIT.

Seek medical help.

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I was just checking whether either thread died first before proceeding. No need to get emotional. Thanks for the advice.