It's time to end using the term 'racially insensitive'

[rpannier]

It's racist.
We don't say, "Semitically Insensitive". We say anti-Semitic or antisemite
Joe Ricketts did not write racially insensitive things, he wrote racist things
Trump does not make racially insensitive comments, he makes racist comments

Why is it so much easier for people to say "He/She is antisemitic." But, it is so fricking difficult to say, "He/She is a racist."?

[Empowerer]

1. Good question

I assume it's rhetorical?

[Jamaal510]

2. K&R

[912gdm]

3. I love being told when I should stop using language.

Do you prepose a group of people who take what I write and filter into your approved 'shit'?


We did this in the 30's. Do you want to go back?

[delisen]

4. Racist is a label describing what one is;anti-semitic describes behavior.

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Some thoughts on your last example:

It is the difference between saying "John is a pig" and John is behaving like a pig"

One statement denies personhood or being human and implies that John cannot change; the other acknowledges that John is still a person and can behave differently


It is the difference between "Mary is a cripple" and "Mary has a crippling condition"

One statement defines the person as being her disabling condition; the other defines her as a person. It is a matter acknowledging humanity.