Is it racist to say "black person"?

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ive always find it weird when kids born and raised in the suburbs speak and act like the kids from the ghetto.

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BUT why then do we have to say ASIAN-AMERICAN etc.etc?
i just hate when anyone talks like they're from the ghetto. ESPECIALLY white people. You know. Wiggers. They'e also quick to start a fight and it's super obnoxious and immature.

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Reminds me of while I was working one day ( same retail job ), I was taking with this guy named Mike who is black. Anyway we had just had a couple of new hires and we had this one girl, she was in uni and was just working part-time but she was a little ditzy to say the least. So she wanders up to us and was listening to our conversation and all of a sudden she comes out with " so do you prefer to be called black or coloured ? " I was taken aback a little but without missing a beat and completely straight faced he said " I prefer Mike " then she just walked away without saying another word. I should note we were talking about processors at the time and no ... she didnt last long.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
 

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What SHOULD matter is the intend behind the word, NOT the word itself.

But people today don't understand that anymore. Language has become a minefield. The more words you ban today, the more you'll need to ban tomorrow, simply because banning words won't make assholes better.
And since -truly- debating isn't encouraged anymore people will just stick to their own opinions.
 

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exactly, having being from a bad inner city neighborhood i just dont understand the need to imitate that sort of slang and charisma
 
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You're Canadian, okay, but...that was the dumbest question I have read in a long time. Of course it's not racist. People worrying about that are almost as annoying as racist people.
 
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I'm in my 30's. My mom said something about some kid at my nieces school and I'm trying to understand which kid she means. She's like "you know, the little chocolate boy" and I'm like what the fuck is wrong with you? I had heard her say that before like maybe 20 years ago (its been a long road for me coming to realize that myself and my family are racist (without malice) and weren't even aware of it). But hearing it today and in front of my 9 year old niece really hit me in a soft spot. I was pretty fucking mad.


Yeah, they may not be acceptable today, but at certain times in history "n****" and "Colored" were the appropriate, non-offensive words everyone was supposed to use. Not "chocolate" though. Well, except on some George Clinton/P-Funk albums, and that one Eddie Murphy movie.
 

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Today I found out apparently it was racist to call someone a “monkey”..?

Also don’t forget it’s Black History month.
You think that's bad? Last year I found out trans people hate being called "t********" I honestly had no idea that was even an insult, lol.
 

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'freedom of speech' gives everyone the right to say and mean whatever the hell ya want regardless of what all these roody-poo, candy-ass, piece of monkey crap jabroni american SJWs think.
 
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You think that's bad? Last year I found out trans people hate being called "t********" I honestly had no idea that was even an insult, lol.
Well that's the thing... even when the intent is not to offend things are taken as an offense now.

And for some reason, these people think they have higher grounds to request everyone to change their language to their convenience.
Welcome to the new age.
 
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Do not make your self so undefined and vulnerable so as to allowing them to define the intention behind your words.

"Black" is a general description, that while not totally accurate; does easily allow us to distinguish the person being described from say a "Yellow" person, which is technically shades of brown, or "white" which is technically a combination of off whites, with pink, red, and so on. The point being is it is easier for casual descriptions than being precise, and should not be grounds to determine weather or not the person speaking hates people of this pigment or that, which is actually a rare phenomena where as prejudice against certain or assumed behaviors, characteristics, or cultural aspects would be more common, and of course more rational than mere prejudice over pigments.

So anyhow, this is a stupid conversation, really.
 
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You think that's bad? Last year I found out trans people hate being called "t********" I honestly had no idea that was even an insult, lol.

Not all of them, trust me.

Digging into OP again, this reminds me of someone in 8th grade, who at lunch one day asked "What's wrong with saying 'spic?'" The white guys laughed, and I thought it was directed to Mexicans and/or Puerto Ricans. I'm neither, Dominican, but I still thought it was offensive. He kept asking the question, even after I kicked him in the shin as hard as I can while we were all sitting at lunch. He never understood what kind of idiotic shit he was pulling. Stupid questions do exist, especially something like that.
 

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Not all of them, trust me.

Digging into OP again, this reminds me of someone in 8th grade, who at lunch one day asked "What's wrong with saying 'spic?'" The white guys laughed, and I thought it was directed to Mexicans and/or Puerto Ricans. I'm neither, Dominican, but I still thought it was offensive. He kept asking the question, even after I kicked him in the shin as hard as I can while we were all sitting at lunch. He never understood what kind of idiotic shit he was pulling. Stupid questions do exist, especially something like that.

Spic is an insult to those of latino descent, apparently.
 
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No. If people think otherwise, they are to sensitive. Also as a white person I feel there are not enough good racist insults for white people. As a fun game I'd like to see some here or you could PM me some for a good laugh.

Well there is this picture which is hilarious.
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Well that's the thing... even when the intent is not to offend things are taken as an offense now.

And for some reason, these people think they have higher grounds to request everyone to change their language to their convenience.
Welcome to the new age.
I totally agree

I remember where I work we had a factory wide 'Equality course' (this was due to someone overhearing a conversation between two other people & heard 'Black P....' & thought they were talking about him, when in fact they were talking about the new black paint on the floor was still wet)

When I attended the course - the 'tutor' asked me how I would call the person sitting next to me (who was 'black')
- I said that "when I was at school I was to call such people 'coloured', so that is what I would stick to now"

When the Tutor asked the bloke next to me whether he would like to be called 'Coloured' or 'Black' - the bloke turned round & said in a stern voice... 'Neither'
When asked what he'd like to be called - the bloke said 'I'd like to be called by the nationality of the place I came from - Nigerian'

Now how the Dickings am I suppose to know where the bloke came from originally so that I don't offend them ??
Surely I can't go up to some stranger & ask 'Where did you come from ??' - IMHO it would seem that more offensive towards a person
 
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"person of colour" is the proper way currently, as "black" kind of just pigeon-holes them to one identity. And that's something to be avoided whenever possible.

Intent is important, but also understanding how your actions have consequences beyond your intent (the road to hell is paved with good intentions) must be considered as well.
 
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Color folk? Maybe. Black person? Certainly not!

I think its more context than anything. I'm a brown guy and I call my black friends niggers and they call me a beaner and we get a good laugh. It doesn't mean either one of us are racists. The opposite in fact; we are comfortable enough around each other to joke like that.
And wetback. Stupid dirty Mexicans. With their Cinco de Drinko, their Speedy Gonzales, and their Mariachi and Telenovelas.
Go back to mexico Rodrigo. And take your Sombrero with you.

i just hate when anyone talks like they're from the ghetto. ESPECIALLY white people. You know. Wiggers. They'e also quick to start a fight and it's super obnoxious and immature.

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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
What about ghetto Asian.

 
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