# Stop calling her 'pumpkin' please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-her-pumpkin-please/419856>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-her-pumpkin-please/419856 "2007-09-20T09:23:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-her-pumpkin-please/419856/61 "2007-09-23T08:44:40Z")

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People who see racism everywhere even when it is patently obvious that its absent are crying wolf.  
So that when genuine cases of racism are reported many people are sceptical about the genuiness of the report or switch off all together.

Trivialising racism in this way does nothing to help the victims of REAL racism.

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