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Old 01-29-2016, 08:58 AM   #1396
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Maybe he meant North American? Didn't orthodoc live in Canada at some point--what PC term do they use for black people in Canada, ortho?
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Old 01-29-2016, 08:45 PM   #1397
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This morning on the radio, I heard the dj refer to a news story that referenced "[John Doe], an African-American from Canada,"...


Har, I know/knew a Black Brit here who has had arguments with people who insist she's African American when she told them she's not, she's Black. Or British.
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Old 01-29-2016, 09:04 PM   #1398
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Maybe he meant North American? Didn't orthodoc live in Canada at some point--what PC term do they use for black people in Canada, ortho?
ya know, a lot of our radio stations are Canadian, and I think they maybe just don't feel the need to mention race quite so much. Or maybe fewer blacanucks get shot by police and make the news
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Old 01-29-2016, 09:54 PM   #1399
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Or when they do it's not newsworthy because Canadians assume they deserved it.
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Old 01-29-2016, 09:59 PM   #1400
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So what do they call a black person in Africa? An African-african? Because just 'african' would seem to imply there are no white people in Africa. Come to think of it, the term 'african-american' seems kind of...i don't know...racist.
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Old 01-29-2016, 10:01 PM   #1401
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There is no particular PC term in Canada; usually people are referred to as being from their country of origin or heritage. In other words, Jamaican or Trinidadian or whatever. The sad thing is, no one is ever referred to as being just Canadian. That's the one thing that's not allowed.
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Old 01-30-2016, 01:42 PM   #1402
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Some people call black people Canadians as a ratial slur
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Old 02-07-2016, 06:50 PM   #1403
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This series of events just happened to me:

Traffic is way lighter than usual. Weird, I think.

Walk into a restaurant. It's completely empty. The staff is all at the bar watching a football game on TV. Even the girls. That's annoying, I think. But then I get their attention, get my to go order, and leave.

I go out to my car to eat, and browse instagram. Man, a lot of people are posting about football. That's weird, I think.

Man, Stephen Colbert is really pushing his post-super-bowl show, that's weird since it's not for awhile yet.

OH WAIT.
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Old 02-08-2016, 12:13 AM   #1404
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You super missed it.
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Old 02-08-2016, 06:08 AM   #1405
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Old 02-08-2016, 08:17 PM   #1406
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I was on the road to Houston and back, would have missed it anyway.
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Old 02-09-2016, 01:13 PM   #1407
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So what do they call a black person in Africa?
By name? A person?
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Old 02-09-2016, 03:16 PM   #1408
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Old 02-10-2016, 05:16 AM   #1409
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An older couple came into the library. Yorkshire from their accent, but obviously not local as they had to ask where the toilets were.
Having suitably relieved themselves, they began the old-person duologue which is basically "say what you see". Not meaning to sound unnecessarily harsh, but I do spend a lot of time on public transport.

What made me smile was when the lady saw the seating.
"Oooh, look! Little settees!"
(note to non-Brits, a settee is a very very common name for a sofa. I know, I used the word until I was about 13)

I mean bless her for her excitement and not being able to identify an armchair and all. I grinned until her noisy yap started to annoy me.
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Old 02-19-2016, 04:52 PM   #1410
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There is no particular PC term in Canada; usually people are referred to as being from their country of origin or heritage. In other words, Jamaican or Trinidadian or whatever. The sad thing is, no one is ever referred to as being just Canadian. That's the one thing that's not allowed.
I blame the French Canadians, they started it.
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