"Politically Correct"? NO!

I'm not at all "politically correct", as that style is a reflection of New-Age-Liberal policies I despise. And that includes the "lingo". I just won't use it, except sarcastically. For instance:

"African American"- The only African American I ever heard of was the basketball star Hakeem Olajuwon, who was originally a citizen of Nigeria. He applied for, & received, American citizenship, but, due to clerical error, his Nigerian citizenship was still in effect. Until that was corrected, he was technically an "African American".

"Native American"-First, the handle "Indian" is not a slur. The first Europeans to reach North America thought they'd landed in India, and, not knowing what an Indian looked like, called the people they saw "Indians", no insult intended.
These people are descended from the people now known as Mongolians, as shown by DNA. Their ancestors crossed the Bering Sea while a land bridge still connected Asia and Alaska, spreading eastward & southward, while some remained in what's now Alaska & others moved across what's now Canada. They split into various tribes & nations, with some reaching South America.
Another trait many of their nations shared with the Mongols was horsemanship, as they acquired horses from the Spanish, & also many shared great archery ability with the Mongols as well.

A better term for the American Indians is "Aboriginal Continentals", as "aborigine" means an original inhabitant. (Not just of Australia.) But those words might be above New-Age-Liberals' heads!

"Plus-size" is just a "polite" term for "overweight".

I still say "handicapped, disabled, deaf, blind, mute, crippled, retarded", etc. & I'm not gonna change. Everyone knows what these terms mean. I simply REFUSE to let the New-Age-Liberals tell me how to speak. I have the same rights they do, including the right to ignore them.

Remember, folks, "Progressive" is just another name for a New-Age-Liberal who's trying to cover up his liberalism to most of society. While they have the same right to express their views as we do, we shouldn't interfere with that right. Just ignore them, & they'll dry up & blow away.

 

When I was a kid, blax wanted to be called "negroes" or "colored". If a white called a black "black", it was a fighting term.

Guess I was an ignorant kid. I always wondered why they were offended by "black", when "Negro" is simply Spanish for - BLACK !

And why were they called "colored" ? I was colored - colored pastel white.

At the time when blax were first wanting to be called "black" or "African-American", I saw a cartoon in which a white was addressing a black, saying, "I don't wanna offend anyone, so what're y'all calling yerselves this week ?"