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Why it's problematic: On the surface, it may seem like a well-intended phrase, but its underlying history makes it questionable. When it comes to children of color this "compliment" stems from racist stereotypes suggesting people of color are unable to speak eloquently and only use slang. Noting a BIPOC (black, Indigenous, and people of color) child's speech is essentially telling them that they deviate from the norm because you assumed they wouldn't be able to speak well. For the recipient of the compliment it translates to: "You sound really smart for a Black person" or ...

Those are some of the things that he heard from his constituents just a few days ago in south bend. >> absolutely. >> what are you anxious to hear from him in terms of detail? he said he can't talk in detail about the investigations, but those are the glaring things at the nucleus of racial tensions here. >> right, absolutely. stop punting the ball. stop saying, look, i can't speak about this, i don't want to put my thumb on the scales of justice to ware it. we understand that. that's not what we're asking you. we're asking you to take a politically, publicly, moralistic stand here and that st...

Qaddafi is gone, what does it mean for us. >> ainsley: stop saying thank you. stop saying i'm sorry. you might make nor money apparently. ♪ ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8.