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<div>I know it has to be my narrow mind keeping me from understanding why skin color is offensive. If I were racist would I then understand why skin color is offensive? I ask with nothing but respect, because it seems so illogical to me.
 
Spock/Data ... Those are guys I understand.
 

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It's not that skin color is offensive. It is because in the past, skin color was used to create terms like redskins, darkies, yellowskins... which were originally intended to be derogatory. It's not about what it means now, it's about what the origins of it are. Even the "N" word comes from the skin color. 

 

Trust me, Spock and Data would understand. Especially Data. He always corrects people when they call him a robot. 

 

Quote:So, I guess teams with the nickname redbirds, and golden eagles need to change their name too, because I heard the birds also find it offensive. 

 

Come on man, that's just a terrible argument. 

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