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Title: 4um has a New Sheriff
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Published: Jul 9, 2018
Author: Pinguinite
Post Date: 2018-07-10 00:22:39 by Pinguinite
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Views: 9784
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Actually the title isn't entirely true because I've technically been the sheriff for a number of months already, since I received the blessing directly from the royal Christine herself! But I'm going to start acting like one a bit more. I've done this before so I've got the experience. I already expect half of you will disagree with me every time I do something and that's okay. Just know in advance that I'm going to decide things and do what I think is right for purposes that answer to my own inclinations and that I'll make no effort beyond which my own curiosity compels me to to listen to contrary opinions. That said, no more "nigger" references on 4um. Does it offend me? No, but I'm not black so maybe it wouldn't. Does it offend others? Of course. Should it? In my opinion, probably not as much as it does. American culture has certainly demonized the term to a fanatical level, even more so than "shit" and "fuck" to the point where they usually bleep it not with a single asterisk, but four! Would it be better for both blacks and whites if the term wasn't treated with such strong negative reverence? I think so, yes. Is it my job, or the purpose of 4um, to correct American culture on this point? No, it isn't. Here's the deal: As I'm in charge, I'm semi-responsible for content here. I'm also considering xferring 4um to my own server. As such, its content has the potential to reflect upon me personally. In fact, once it did. I am a software development freelancer and I was showing 4um to a potential client who wanted some web work. At one point, after 30-45 mins of positive discussion, shortly after I referred him to 4um, he suddenly cut off the phone conversation with no explanation and never called me back. My #1 guess is he saw something racial here and was offended and wrongly decided that what he saw was endorsed by me, even though I was only trying to show the technical capabilities of the site. So... someone writing something racial here really did hurt my livelihood. It hurt me personally, in the wallet. On top of that, such references will discourage most new people from signing up here as most people are decent people, for the most part. And having more people sign up is a good thing, generally. And I won't expect everyone to have a perfect outlook on life to sign up. I don't want someone *overly* offended by the "nigger" word to be dissuaded from joining. The term won't attract new people, it will only push most people away, so I don't want it here. Period, end of story. I'll make up new rules, and change them, sometimes quite unfairly and without rhyme or reason as we play the game, and I'll do so completely without apology. Thanks and enjoy your day.
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#14. To: Pinguinite, 4 (#0)
Negroid (also known as Congoid[1]) is a grouping of human beings historically regarded as a biological taxon.[2] The term has been used by forensic and physical anthropologists to refer to individuals and populations that share certain morphological and skeletal traits that are frequent among populations in most of Sub-Saharan Africa and isolated parts of South and Southeast Asia (Negritos).[3][4] Within Africa, a racial dividing line separating Caucasoid physical types from Negroid physical types was held to have existed, with Negroid groups forming most of the population south of the area which stretched from the southern Sahara desert in the west to the African Great Lakes in the southeast.[5] First introduced in early racial science and anthropometry, Negroid denoted one of the three purported major races of humankind (alongside Caucasoid and Mongoloid).[6] Many social scientists have argued that such analyses are rooted in sociopolitical and historical processes rather than in empirical observation.[7] However, Negroid as a biological classification remains in use in forensic anthropology.[8]
The Spanish word for the color black: "Negro" or "negra" depending on whether the noun is considered feminine or masculine (which Spanish does with all nouns). There's a fairly popular restaurant chain here called "Menestra del Negro" or "black beans". They have a monkey as it's mascot.
As far as the origin of the "N" word, I think it's because many of the slaves were from the African country named Niger, so they were called that because they came from there. In fact, some black people use that as their first name. I remember seeing an interview on CNN I think where a person by that name was being asked a question, and the interviewer mispronounced his name by pronouncing it as if it had two g's.. LOL
Perhaps the world maps should be revised to spell the country "N***r". LOL. Perhaps you are right. Or perhaps the country was named by Spaniards or Portuguese for the color to reflect the people they found. No idea. It seems likely the term and the country name are related somehow. I do find tidbits of language history interesting.
Niger River, principal river of western Africa. With a length of 2,600 miles (4,200 km), it is the third longest river in Africa, after the Nile and the Congo. The Niger is believed to have been named by the Greeks. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I had no clue the Greeks made it to Africa.
That far? No I didn't either. They did make it to Alexandria, Egypt, I believe, named for Alexander the Great.
#48. To: Pinguinite (#46)
Oops, that one fell outta my memory bank. Good catch.
That far? No I didn't either. They did make it to Alexandria, Egypt, I believe, named for Alexander the Great. For sure. Egypt was just a stone's throw over the Mediterranean. The Greek learned the idea of the Pythagorean principle from the Egyptians. The story of Atlantis was passed on by Solon who learned it from Egyptian priests. Herodotus wrote extensively on the culture and history of Egypt. The English name of the place comes from Greek: "Aigyptos." (Hwt- ka-Ptah (ḥwt-ka-ptḥ), meaning "home of the ka (soul) of Ptah", the name of a temple to the god Ptah at Memphis. - Arabisch.nu) The Egyptian called their land "Kemit." The last dynasty of Ancient Egypt was Greek as was the last pharaoh, Cleopatra. So yeah, these folks were well acquainted with one another, but the average Greek didn't vacation at Giza way back when.
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#41. To: FormerLurker (#23)
As far as the origin of the "N" word, I think it's because many of the slaves were from the African country named Niger, so they were called that because they came from there.
#44. To: Pinguinite, FL, truth seekers, 4 (#41)
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#46. To: Lod (#44)
I had no clue the Greeks made it to Africa.
Replies to Comment # 46. They did make it to Alexandria, Egypt, I believe, named for Alexander the Great.
#55. To: Pinguinite (#46)
I had no clue the Greeks made it to Africa.
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