# Shriekers here - MrDibble, Der Trihs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shriekers-here-mrdibble-der-trihs/674467 "2013-11-21T19:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shriekers-here-mrdibble-der-trihs/674467/42 "2013-11-21T21:06:39Z")
> [@MostlyUseless](#): > > Calling someone racist for using the common African American or black is wrong. He didn’t do that. > [@Der Trihs Pitting du jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/297): > > If you said “certain populations of African-Americans that we did studies on do” (and list the populations), you’d be in the clear. But\* any time \*you group “Blacks” into one group, you’re just flat-out wrong. > [@Der Trihs Pitting du jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/294): > > Anyone who _ever_ says anything remotely scientific-sounding, that uses the commonly used races, is a racist. As soon as someone says “Blacks [something scientific]”, he’s a racist. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shriekers-here-mrdibble-der-trihs/674467)._