>>http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/01/04/new.huck.finn.ew/index.html
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>Times change.
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>Do you think it's an acceptable word? If you were black would you want to be called that?

Actually I think it's the other way around. The people with African heritage, often use words between themselves which when used by people with lighter skin color, would get them to be called racists. It's really stupid, people are so afraid to offend others, that they avoid using "bad" words at all cost. But the people whom we are afraid to offend, usually are not offended at all.

Here in Norway the authorities are under pressure to legalize personalized license plates on cars. One of the most active persons is a successful immigrant from Pakistan. He want to have the words "PAKKIS" on his car. If I would say "Pakkis" in public, I would without a doubt be called a racist by most Norwegians, but most people from Pakistan would not react negatively at all.

A similar case is the pressure the electronic industry is facing. When logic integrated circuits were designed, some of them were called Master Slave Flip-Flops. Now, after having used this term for more than forty years, activists want the industry to change this term. Some people even want to forbid the word Server in computer terminology. Will this stupidity never end?

NB! I never really understood why it is bad to refer to people's skin color, while it is perfectly accepted to refer to their hair color...!