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(12-12-2019, 03:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So you are saying no one ever used the word "articulate" until it was used to insult black people?

C'mon, man.  It happens all the time.  Lots of people use language in their daily lives, lawyers, salesmen, preachers, teachers, students, etc.  Any time you talk about these people doing their jobs it is appropriate to comment on how articulate they are.

BTW do you think the term "articulate" is also an insult to white people from rural areas or the south in general?

If a northerner saw a person in farm clothes or otherwise "southern" clothing and then they spoke like a northerner (read: "correctly") and the northerner complimented them on being articulate, then yes I believe that is an insult. 

It may not be intended as an insult. But its implication is that "I wasn't expecting you to sound normal, and you did. Good on you."

(12-12-2019, 03:05 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Then they will get just upset and say "You mean a good speech/presentation FOR A BLACK PERSON, right?"

You're welcome to think that. But it has not been my experience. Black people aren't as easily offended as you seem to think. It's just the historical context of people being surprised that you speak normally (I know that's not the words used, but it's the result, intentionally or not).