Black Holes and other Figurative Terms Turned Racist

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black hole
–noun
Astronomy. a theoretical massive object, formed at the beginning of the universe or by the gravitational collapse of a star exploding as a supernova, whose gravitational field is so intense that no electromagnetic radiation can escape.
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Now that's been stated, ladies and gentlemen when did we become a country of pansies? Even worse, a nation of morons. When did the word "black hole" become a racist remark? If this seems as strange to you as it did to me and you are still not sure what I'm referring to, here is the subject at hand.

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Now comes the question of what does our country turning into pansies have to do with a sorely misunderstood astronomy term? Well frankly, I had no idea that such a term could make a grown man become such a whiny child. Wake it up people. White people are white, black people are black, Indians are red, and Asians are yellow. Deal with the fact that skin has different colors of pigmentation and no matter what, we are identified by them. Grow some thicker skin please and start putting those energies elsewhere. By using the term black or white (or whatever color), the person is not saying "Hey you, get back to the cotton fields." or trying to send the Chinese back to the coal minds, rather honestly it is sometimes just an easier way to refer to someone. Our society has become so wrapped up in nonsense and nitpicking that it is making more and more people so very arrogant and touchy.

Case and point, this scenario where tax payer dollars are being wasted because someone takes offense for no reason and spends valuable time demanding for an apology instead of taking care of the actual important issue that they were there to discuss. Give me a break, an apology? Who in there right mind has ever used that phrase and thought of it referring to a black person or even a group of black people? Some black people automatically hear the word black and get offended. This shows a lot of self centered thinking and ignorance. If someone was walking around using that dreaded "N" word, then yes you have a right to be offended. Even I cringe when I've heard that word in a movie, but use of the word black does not mean it's a negative reference.

Let's now take white. Do you know any white people that say they prefer to be called Caucasian? There may be some out there, but I don't know anyone personally that would prefer that. Should white people start taking offense to terms that contain the word white in them? How about even items that have the word white. I'm sorry, but we can no longer refer to white bread as white because the color is offensive to whites. Yea, I thought that sounded pretty ridiculous too. Well, so does the idea of the phrase "black hole" turned into a racist remark. Folks what's wrong with this picture? We might as well start saying that we can no longer use the word cracker because it is offensive to whites. I hate to break it to the minorities out there that get offended so easily, but the fact that whites are still referred to as such is technically also racist by your terms and standards. Do they say anything? Is there good call or reason for whites to be screaming and throwing in the racist penalty flag? No, not really because most of them know there is no real reason to get offended. White trash, just as the "N" word, is offensive not the color white and referring to objects or figurative terms with white in them is not referring to skin color.

This constant running into the ground may be annoying for you, but it seems it needs to happen because so few get the point. I'm sick of people crying because there feelings were hurt. Grow up and get a set because if this keeps up we are going to keep going down this road paved with "PC" bricks, making us more and more wimpy and our enemies will be able to walk all over us. If words can hurt us I really would hate to see what sticks and stones would do.

Signed:

The One Less Jumper, Avie Joe

P.S. If there is any confusion of the term "black hole" please click on this link provided, which gives the entire definition (figurative speech included). I thoroughly checked it and found no reference to skin color, so those offended by this blog will be safe to visit dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/black%20hole