Talk:Esmeralda/@comment-4709692-20120124184704/@comment-5466308-20120901022334

I realize that "negro" is an old-fashioned word and that some people are offended by it -  but I only used it because no other word seemed to fit into the same category of all the rest of the titles that I wrote (what I mean is that had I written African-American, I would have had to write "European-American" an so on and so forth for all of the rest of the races. Or if I had used the word black, then I would have had to use white, yellow, and other "color" words that would specify race. I'd have to do this for the sake of continity (badly mispelled)). I know to use the word "asian", but used the word "oriental" instead so that it wouldn't sound anything like Cauasian (both of those titles have the same word in them). If I've offended you or anyone on here with the words "negro" and "oriental" I sincerely apologize. I feel that I needed to explain why I used those particular words. Hopefully I will learn a more appropiate word for "negro" and "oriental".