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by lutusp 4478 days ago
> Wait, what does the noun change?

Are you still a boy? Yes or no? How about a black man? Is he appropriately described as a "boy" or do you value your life?

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Not sure why you're so insistent to mention race...in 2 of your posts you've specified "black man". What does skin colour have to do with it?
He's alluding to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy#Race

Historically, in countries such as the U.S. and South Africa, "boy" was not only a 'neutral' term for domestics but also used as a disparaging racist insult towards men of colour (especially of African descent), recalling their subservient status even after the 20th century legal emancipation (from slavery, evolved to race segregation, viz. Apartheid) and alleged infantility, and many still consider it offensive in that context to this day since it denotes that men of colour (especially of African descent) are less than men.

Thanks, that makes a bit more sense.

I'm still not sure why he mentions race when the topic at hand is age, gender, and language, though.

That's easy to answer -- they're all ways to unfairly single out people based on traits that shouldn't be used to distinguish people, ways that are now illegal in some cases -- age, race, gender.
He's saying calling a woman a girl is equally offensive. (Although it's a complete distraction to the discussion.)
Are you implying that black people are inherently violent and will murder you if you do them wrong?
Are you unable to find anything in my actual words to object to, or do you find it necessary to invent something to argue against (a "straw man")?
That's not a strawman, that's a direct implication.
> That's not a strawman, that's a direct implication.

A what? A "direct implication"? Those words are antonyms. You do understand the difference between "direct" and "implication", yes? An implication is by definition indirect.

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/implication

Quote: "An implication is something that is suggested, or happens, indirectly."

Congratulations on downvoting a dictionary definition, you morons.