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How much research did they have to do to find that one.

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

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How much research did they have to do to find that one.

I don't know. It took me maybe a minute on Google.

That said, I still think it's a goofy restriction.

ETA: What struck me as truly sad vis-a-vis the brown-bag test was that it was mostly used by African Americans themselves.

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Retrograde research, you knew were it ended so you had the easy path.
Why would they have looked for it in the first place?

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice
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I can sort of see the citizens/residents point. Sort of.
I'd never heard about the "brown-bag" test, but apparently others have:
http://aaenvironment.blogspot.com/2008/03/environmental-racism-brown-paper-bag.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_color#Brown_paper_bag_test
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brown%20paper%20bag%20test
Always interesting to learn a new bit of history, even if it's sad.

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Do whites use the brown paper bag test too? Do they favor lighter blacks? Think Colin Powell, Halle Berry, Barack Obama, Prince, Michael Jackson (both sides though), you get the idea. Are blacks darker than a brown paper bag discriminated against more than blacks lighter than a brown paper bag? There are notable exceptions: Condoleezza Rice, Vernon Jordan, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, James Clyburn and Michael Jackson.

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Michael Jackson (both sides though),

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ORIGINAL: Aylee

In Seattle, the terms 'citizen' and 'brown bag' are now offensive


'Citizen' and 'brown bag' are now offensive words, Seattle tells government employees.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/08/02/In-Seattle-the-terms-citizen-and-brown-bag-are-now-offensive/3681375478745/?spt=hs&or=on

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Public information officers for the City of Seattle have been advised to stop using the terms "citizen" and "brown bag" -- as in brown-bag lunch -- saying they could be offensive to some city residents.

Elliott Bronstein of the Office for Civil Rights circulated the memo encouraging government employees to avoid using the potentially offensive terms.

Instead of "brown-bag lunch," he suggests "sack lunch" or, for some inexplicable reason "lunch-and-learn," as in, "do you want to go out with us, or are you lunch-and-learning it?"

Given the Weiner scandal, I find "sack lunch" offensive....*sarcastic snort*

I remember attending, "brown bag seminars" while I was at the University. I also actually OWN and USE brown paper lunch bags. I think that we may be getting a little bit too PC these days.

Edited to add an "o."

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or
This is so ridiculous that we either need a little levity or else go postal.
So the question is, would brown citizens bags be brown bags for citizens or bags for brown citizens ?
And then we can move on to the fact that most government workers can afford to go out for lunch. Many others cannot. You know, the citizens who pay their salary.
T^T

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I have to assume that all "brown" citizens that are male, have brown bags. I'm not willing to do any research on that. It's just not my thing.