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The connotation of negativity surrounding the color "black" predates anti-African bigotry and stems most probably from the perception of night being a dangerous time. A lot of old school religions also taught fear of dark places, especially dense forests and caves. Black, darkness, the lack of light, etc. are all ancient symbols which, in a metaphorical sense, teach people to fear the unknown. It is fairly easy to distinguish between people who use that form of symbolism and people who make reference to "black" or its synonyms in a negative context while referring to those of dark skin (whether they be Africans, African Americans, Caribbean islanders, etc.). The latter is clearly unacceptable, but the former, those symbolic usages of darkness, while not necessarily progressive are at least tolerable.The connotation of negativity surrounding the word "gay" stems entirely from homophobia. That's where it came from, no question about it. There's no historical, metaphorical, or linguistic value in "gay" meaning "stupid." It is bigotry made common language.
The connotation of negativity surrounding the color "black" predates anti-African bigotry and stems most probably from the perception of night being a dangerous time. A lot of old school religions also taught fear of dark places, especially dense forests and caves. Black, darkness, the lack of light, etc. are all ancient symbols which, in a metaphorical sense, teach people to fear the unknown. It is fairly easy to distinguish between people who use that form of symbolism and people who make reference to "black" or its synonyms in a negative context while referring to those of dark skin (whether they be Africans, African Americans, Caribbean islanders, etc.). The latter is clearly unacceptable, but the former, those symbolic usages of darkness, while not necessarily progressive are at least tolerable.
The connotation of negativity surrounding the word "gay" stems entirely from homophobia. That's where it came from, no question about it. There's no historical, metaphorical, or linguistic value in "gay" meaning "stupid." It is bigotry made common language.
