Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.
Was he responding to a question, or talking about or was the conversation in any way about the NAACP and is it normal to casually use the term “colored people” to talk about black people today in America? The answer is no.
This guy is a well paid supposed professional and a public servant and speaker and it doesn’t take a particularly bright light bulb to know that there are some phrases or terms that might be inappropriate in some situations. We don’t really say “colored people” in most situations when referring to black people and you can have your own thoughts about it and that’s fine, but that doesn’t change how society views the term at this time. This isn’t some arcane, nuwoke librul knowledge, it’s been this way for a little while. You also probably shouldn’t just throw the term “negro” around wantonly if you somehow still didn’t get the memo.
Sure, but what you’re saying is akin to people saying that you can’t take issue with anything because there are kids being blown up somewhere in the world right now. This isn’t a battle, this is some dimwitted dipshit exposing himself as a dipwitted dimshit and that’s OK. We can try to address big and small issues and while I do agree that the media often does sensationalize things, this is also not nothing considering how more emboldened and open racists are becoming and how many people are showing their true colors these days.
Is this a huge deal and should this guy resign solely based on this? Probably not. Is this maybe indicative of his true thoughts and his outdated way of looking at the world? Probably yes.