Is the phrase "pot calls kettle black" racist? (user search)
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  Is the phrase "pot calls kettle black" racist? (search mode)
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Question: Well, Rev. Sharpton, is it?
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« on: June 27, 2008, 04:43:23 PM »

Unfortunately, it's one of those words and phrases that while having a non-racial origin has picked up racial overtones.  If we still cooked over wood fires on a regular basis, this phrase, with its obvious reference to soot, wouldn't attract any controversy.
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