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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
Censorship need not come from the government. It need not even forced. It may simply be an influence, from society, or a subset of society with significant influence, such as we see with social media influencers. But clearly there is an influence, and as such, the publishers made the decision to censor the word "negro." I think they made the correct decision to censor that word. It has by general agreement become outdated, and has negative historical connotations.
This comes down to semantics. The published and author were *influenced* to alter the word. The author self-censored, as did the publisher. Nothing wrong with that; we all self-censor at times (well, some more than others  )
Clearly there is a difference between changing the word "black" to "African-American", and changing the word "nail" to "screw". |
So why does the UNCF (United Negro College Foundation) still exist with the word "negro"? The news media also censor the "negro".
I think that using "Black" to refer to people is also catering to racism, just as using "white", yellow or red. Have read that the color coding of the human species was done by a Danish biologist who did the color coding for his convenience. As "white" meant European supremacy; "yellow" is for the Asian barbarians who cannot be considered white as they were not equal to the European whites; same with the "brown" Indians, etc.