In America "negro" borders on racist in mot areas and in some it is racist because of the context of the region.Free Spirit wrote:Paphitis wrote:[Negro is an outdated word, much like Limeys or whatever the English used to get called.
Negro is defining a race of people from Africa, it is not outdated and never will be as it is a true dictionary definition; nothing racist.
Limey was a nickname givem to British sailors who were given Limes as part of their diet at sea to prevent scurvey.
Affro American, coon and nigger are not true terms although Nigger is defined in the 'Oxford Dictionary as Negro, dark skinned person.
Negroes are from Africa just as Pele's origins are; all/most came over as slaves but they are still Negroes.
In England it is taken one stupid step further as they are now British Affro Caribeans, but still Negroes.
To call them that is not racist.
Pele was Hispanic (or more accurately, Afro-Brazillian) and just like how most South and Central Americans are not Spanish, not Native American, African, Portugeuse, Dutch, French of English and how they are a mixture, the same is true of most American blacks. They are a mix as a result of centuries of mixed breeding in the region and therefore they are African-American. THey did a genetic study of a large sampling some years back and there is almost as much European, Asian and Native American genes as African in a large percentage of the black population.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/ge ... cans_x.htm
So yes, in America the expression "negro" is very much outdated.....and innacurate.
