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<blockquote data-quote="MikeWhite614" data-source="post: 1440170" data-attributes="member: 55512"><p>I don't think you understand what the phrase "double standard" means. Here let me rip the definition out of a dictionary for you.</p><p></p><p>A <strong>double standard</strong> is the application of different sets of principles for similar situations. A double standard may take the form of an instance in which certain concepts (often, for example, a word, phrase, social norm, or rule) are perceived as acceptable to be applied by one group of people, but are considered unacceptable—taboo—when applied by another group.</p><p></p><p>Sound familiar?</p><p></p><p>This is exactly what is happening here, where you think it is fine for a African American (happy?) to call a Caucasian white but if a Caucasian calls an African American black, it's somehow offensive and racist?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeWhite614, post: 1440170, member: 55512"] I don't think you understand what the phrase "double standard" means. Here let me rip the definition out of a dictionary for you. A [B]double standard[/B] is the application of different sets of principles for similar situations. A double standard may take the form of an instance in which certain concepts (often, for example, a word, phrase, social norm, or rule) are perceived as acceptable to be applied by one group of people, but are considered unacceptable—taboo—when applied by another group. Sound familiar? This is exactly what is happening here, where you think it is fine for a African American (happy?) to call a Caucasian white but if a Caucasian calls an African American black, it's somehow offensive and racist? [/QUOTE]
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