Mainly because you can go along using perfectly normal words that have been used for centuries and suddenly find you they can't be used to describe a black person. It was like when Eamonn Holmes was castigated for using uppity to describe Meghan Markle.@Boring Monday and @Baby Giraffe you articulated my point way better than me
no one is asking you stop using words don't be so dramatic. I don't know why people get so defensive when others point something out. Just be like oh okay, I didn't see it like that but now you've said it... you didn't write the article did you, so no need to be taking it so personal
To the average person on the street all these words are used quite innocently and it just becomes exhausting. I take it personally because it could easily be me using these terms and next thing I'm being accused of using inappropriate language.
Don't want to derail the thread with this.