Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz. referred to Black people as "colored people" Thursday in floor debate over his proposed amendment to an annual defense policy bill, prompting a stern rebuke from the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Lawmakers were debating a series of GOP-backed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the House aims to pass by the end of the week.
I would argue the people in this thread flipping out about being asked to refer to minorites in a way that doesn’t have a ton of historical baggage and has been empirically shown to promote better empathy responses are the over-sensitive ones, lol.
Like, it’s all right to get corrected now and then. The difference between acting bigoted and being okay is literary just a simple “I didn’t realize that was wrong, I’ll try and not do that in the future. Thanks for checking me on it”.
I grew up in a conservative suburb in the South and got saddled with a lot of unfortunate ideas. I make mistakes, use questionable terms, and misgender people by accident somewhere regularly.
I’ve literally never had a problem if I apologize and affirm it was ignorance on my part, or a mistake I know I make and am working on, but that I am trying to be better. Just be open to change and don’t be a dipshit about it and it’s not an issue.
If you think it’s an issue it’s likely that you’re being a dipshit about it and making things harder for yourself than they need to be.