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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was the (black) mayor of New Orleans who referred to it as a chocolate city.  Then at that White House press dinner Stephen Colbert mockingly said, "Welcome DC, chocolate city with a marshmallow center."  [/quote]

Sorry, but that's definitely a double standard.  If a mayor can publicly call his city a 'chocolate' city, then it should be okay for anyone to use the term. [/quote]

No one here is saying you can't say "chocolate city". I'm black and I'm okay with that.......BUT, don't call me chocolate. Unless, of course, you're cool with random black people calling you vanilla. Are you?[/quote]

I agree with the PP who says Who Cares?  I'm not white, so it'd be pretty weird for someone to call me vanilla anyway, but I wouldn't care.

What about 'butter pecan rican'.  Do you consider that offensive also?

Chocolate/Vanilla/Butter Pecan are all (tasty) ice cream flavors, as far as I'm concerned.  And, they call to mind a certain color.  There's is nothing offensive about them.  Why would you automatically assume that 'chocolate' has a negative connotation?

To the PP who would prefer the term 'black'.  Really?  Is your skin actually black?  More likely that it's a shade of brown.  
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