It’s gotten so out of hand it’s pathetic. I cant say monkey around anyone that is black because the assume I’m making a joke of them, they tell me to say African America rather than just black because it offends them if i say black people. The list goes on.
White people can be called cracker, honky, whitey, white devil and what not and were supposed to take it.
I hate it too dude. usually the argument is "well you weren’t put in slavery for 300" years, as if it was actually them being put in slavery, not their great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents, and as if it was actually us doing it, not the people that lived 300 yrs ago….we have no control of the past
not that it doesn’t go both ways, because it does
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:30 pm
White people have the most pathetic derrogatory slurs.
And I can say monkey around all African Americans, I guess it’s how you use the term.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 7:45 pm
You’re the one who decided political correctness only applies to minorities and black people. Where I come from, it’s equally disrespectful to call someone cracker, honkey, or whitey. I don’t know where you’re getting the idea that it wouldn’t be.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Wrong, if people call you that then you have as much right as blacks to complain. Furthermore, calling people "black" shouldn’t be considered offensive, not all blacks are African American after all, they could be Black hispanics or natives from an african country.
It’s true that political correctness has gotten out of hand, as long as you don’t hurt or discriminate anyone else I see no problem with any form of speech. I especially feel bad for caucasians who are placed in a group as "racist" even if they aren’t. I have yet to see a "white pride" club at ANY university i have seen!
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I’m a hispanic.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:20 pm
that’s simply not true dear. we say black in my neck of the woods and to use those terms against whites is not okay either. please don’t lump the majority into your pool of ignorant associates
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February 23rd, 2010 at 10:05 pm
I hate it too dude. usually the argument is "well you weren’t put in slavery for 300" years, as if it was actually them being put in slavery, not their great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents, and as if it was actually us doing it, not the people that lived 300 yrs ago….we have no control of the past
not that it doesn’t go both ways, because it does
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February 23rd, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Political correctness applies to all. I do not like the term though. I prefer to think of courtesy. It is not courteous to refer to someone of any skin colour, race or religion using a slur.
So white people should not be called such terms. It is wrong.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOv4MIyNSE