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Re:Miles Davis: candid conversation with the jazz world's pr... by pessimizer on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:30PM (#36473324)
I have no idea what people are finding shocking about this sentence, unless it's literally that people now think "negro" is some sort of swear word rather than an anachronistic term for black people (that wasn't at all anachronistic in 1962.) Davis is almost entirely talking about issues that spring from him being black in America, and he's being asked whether he's always been so sensitive about it.

Aside from the fact that this is a black man speaking to another black man, the question wouldn't even be inappropriate for a white interviewer.

edit: Also, "colored" didn't refer to "people of color," it was just another name for black people. I've noticed that mistake lately from some shockingly ignorant wokesters trying to claim Jim Crow for their own.

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Re:Miles Davis: candid conversation with the jazz world's pr... by medler on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:22PM (#36473694)
It’s the word “sensitive” actually. In 2023 it would be really weird to tell someone that they are “sensitive” about being the race that they are.

Usually when you say someone is sensitive about something, you’re implying the thing they’re sensitive about is a defect. Additionally, you’re suggesting that they are insecure about that defect, which is its own kind of accusation.

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Re:Miles Davis: candid conversation with the jazz world's pr... by chihuahua on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:39PM (#36474252)
Right, that's why the question sounded odd to me. "Have you always been sensitive about X" sounds very similar (to me) as "Have you always been a whiny little bitch about X". Apparently it was perceived different back then.
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Re:Miles Davis: candid conversation with the jazz world's pr... by harry8 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:56PM (#36474366)
Once upon a time being sensitive was perceived as a good thing. As opposed insensitive.

"Have you always managed to avoid being insensitive about X?"

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