um, can you say "no way jose"?

[luckyval]

Is "take care panda bear" offensive to pandas?

[TrickyBob]

I'm going to assume that all crocodiles and alligators are offensive as well.

[angelaa73]

May 22, 2013 10:37:30 GMT -5 luckyval said:

Is "take care panda bear" offensive to pandas?

I like this! Never heard it!

[flex]

I think even rhyming has become politically incorrect.

/scuffs dirt

[luckyval]

May 22, 2013 10:59:20 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

May 22, 2013 10:37:30 GMT -5 luckyval said:

Is "take care panda bear" offensive to pandas?

I like this! Never heard it!

We got this off the Sprout Sharing Show

Curtis E. Owl 4 Lyfe!

[livinitup]

May 22, 2013 8:58:01 GMT -5 panicked said:

At the risk of being flamed, I do have an honest and sincere question. At what point does something move past any racist/un-PC connotations and just become part of the collective? If no one had posted about Camptown Races being racist, I'd never know. I think if you asked 100 people what it's about, the majority wouldn't know what it's about either. Does pointing it out make a difference? Will it really change anything? Is anyone honestly offended by it? (No snark here, really)

It makes a difference when you don't know that 'Wetback' is a slur and go on to public office, and use it in a sentence, on camera, in the midst of a huge national debate on immigration, entitlements and job reforms. It's not just embarrassing that the person neither realized or had it pointed out that is was a slur - but it also shows an outstanding lack of insight and awareness. On a subject they are required to be much more informed.

It doesn't matter much if my MIL called a woman 'Oriental' last month. But when I gently told her to say 'Asian' and why, there was some education. So, pointing it out made a little difference.