same root, usage and cultural meaning though acceptability has differed over time.

Yes, like 'colored' and 'Black'. Yet only a fucking moron would confuse the two as equally appropriate.

You literally are just repeatedly demonstrating that you don't understand connotation, and are utterly resistant to the most blatant and obvious examples of connotation possible. It's like your eyes pass over the comparison without even reading it, glossing over with the hope of, I don't know, showing off your ignorance on the internet? I mean, if you're going to get into an argument about literal semantics, you should probably at least understand the elementary-school stuff, lmao.