A. I disagree that blacks are better dancers than "us whiteys." It depends on the dance.
B. Have you ever seen a pack (troop, actually) of apes loot a business? No, I haven't either. So why would it make sense to compare a group of people to apes while they do something which is unbefitting of that animal? Would it be because there is a history of comparing that race of people to that animal?
Your argument works in a vacuum. If you ignore the centuries of context then comparing groups of black people to apes is no more offensive than comparing them to giraffes. But if you choose to have a conversation in public with other people on this planet who are familiar with the same histories as you and I, and still insist on comparing black people to apes, you're probably going to be called out on it.
Considering what you're saying and who you're saying it to isn't horseshit, it's common sense.
I can't tell what you're trying to say. Centuries of "context"? Would that be.. Slavery?
As for A and B, I'm not interested in bickering about semantics or choice of words here. Anyone gets the idea. People express themselves in various ways, depending on the circumstances.
A. I disagree that blacks are better dancers than "us whiteys." It depends on the dance.
B. Have you ever seen a pack (troop, actually) of apes loot a business? No, I haven't either. So why would it make sense to compare a group of people to apes while they do something which is unbefitting of that animal? Would it be because there is a history of comparing that race of people to that animal?
Your argument works in a vacuum. If you ignore the centuries of context then comparing groups of black people to apes is no more offensive than comparing them to giraffes. But if you choose to have a conversation in public with other people on this planet who are familiar with the same histories as you and I, and still insist on comparing black people to apes, you're probably going to be called out on it.
Considering what you're saying and who you're saying it to isn't horseshit, it's common sense.
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I can't tell what you're trying to say. Centuries of "context"? Would that be.. Slavery?
As for A and B, I'm not interested in bickering about semantics or choice of words here. Anyone gets the idea. People express themselves in various ways, depending on the circumstances.