Frank Burns
02-18-2023, 07:55 PM
Look at this nonsense put into the online study materials for a real estate license in my state.
"A Note on Language
You may notice that we choose to capitalize "Black" in this course. We've paid careful attention to linguists, academics, and activists on this topic, and we adopt the stance that when talking about a culture, group of people, or ethnicity, the name should be capitalized.
So, relying on this same group of scholars, we think that "Black" communicates a sense of ethnic cohesion, like "Italian" or "Japanese." While white Americans can refer to themselves as, say, Irish-American or Jewish, Black people often cannot easily and accurately make that connection. That's because the enslavement of people of African heritage and culture resulted in families and communities being torn apart, which also severed ancestral ties.
For many descendants of enslaved Africans, it is therefore nearly impossible to trace and connect to their heritages. For that reason, we capitalize "Black" but not "white" when referring to these racial categories.
For more discussion on this subject, check out American writer and cultural critic Touré Neblett's Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now; journalism professor Lori L. Tharps' piece "The Case for Black with a Capital 'B'" in the New York Times; as well as similar decisions made by the AP Style guide and various news organizations.
Keep in mind: As a real estate agent, your best practice is to go with a client's preferred terminology, as someone could self-identify as "African American," "black," "Jamaican-born," etc."
Needless to say, this section of the study material on the Fair Housing Act is packed full of information relating to niggers. I really have no interest in reading it but I assume the test will cover it extensively.
They also made sure to state that if a person has issues with a particular race, real estate is probably not the career path for you.
"A Note on Language
You may notice that we choose to capitalize "Black" in this course. We've paid careful attention to linguists, academics, and activists on this topic, and we adopt the stance that when talking about a culture, group of people, or ethnicity, the name should be capitalized.
So, relying on this same group of scholars, we think that "Black" communicates a sense of ethnic cohesion, like "Italian" or "Japanese." While white Americans can refer to themselves as, say, Irish-American or Jewish, Black people often cannot easily and accurately make that connection. That's because the enslavement of people of African heritage and culture resulted in families and communities being torn apart, which also severed ancestral ties.
For many descendants of enslaved Africans, it is therefore nearly impossible to trace and connect to their heritages. For that reason, we capitalize "Black" but not "white" when referring to these racial categories.
For more discussion on this subject, check out American writer and cultural critic Touré Neblett's Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now; journalism professor Lori L. Tharps' piece "The Case for Black with a Capital 'B'" in the New York Times; as well as similar decisions made by the AP Style guide and various news organizations.
Keep in mind: As a real estate agent, your best practice is to go with a client's preferred terminology, as someone could self-identify as "African American," "black," "Jamaican-born," etc."
Needless to say, this section of the study material on the Fair Housing Act is packed full of information relating to niggers. I really have no interest in reading it but I assume the test will cover it extensively.
They also made sure to state that if a person has issues with a particular race, real estate is probably not the career path for you.