Racist Words

Stryfe

Stryfe

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First off, let me straighten this:
This thread isn't a racist thread. It is to stress the words that are used in society today. I am not a racist at all. If you are a racist and make a comment in this thread, I'll find you and kill you. Also, don't use any of the words here, please.

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Now, to the basics. Is it just me or is it more and more people are starting to use racist words in casual conversations? And atop of which, they seem to not understand the parameters of the word. Is it getting to a point where it is way out of hand?

That's the basic conversation, but I want you guys to also answer this. Is a word racist if it is used in a brotherly sense? Such as a white guy to another white guy using the "n" word. Gaaramaster seems to believe it isn't. ;D

Anyways, go at 'em!
 
We can look to the media as to why such language is being used.

When we are little, we idolize our favorite TV/movie actor or our favorite singer/rapper/whatever. When they dress a certain way, chances are, the kids who idolize them are going to copy their dress. Same goes with language and whatever they advertise. Kids figure "if they can say/use it, why can't I?"

...of course, that might have only a little bit to do with it.
 
I said that the word is just a word, there is no law saying you have to be black or a racist to use it, as Stryfe seems to think. Since there isn't anything bad about saying it if it isn't meant offensivly, then you should be able to. If someone gets offended, then why should you stop, since it's their own fault to get offended by something as silly as a word.
 
Tell that to the FCC, the FTC, and the millions of people who forced Don Imus off the air. By the way, I really doubt that if somebody walked up to you and told you to **** off, you would just stand there and keep on smiling, completely unaffected by some "silly little words".
 
In the case of someone telling me to "**** off" as you so put it, it wouldn't be the word itself that bothered me, as I use it often myself, but rather, the context the word was used in, and the point being portrayed by the sentence itself. If he instead said something along the lines of, "hey man you're ****ing awesome!", I of course would not be offended at all.

I'm with Gaaramaster on this one; a word is just a word until someone decides to get childish about it and let it affect them. The context the word is used in, and the overall intent of saying something negative is what should be bothersome.
 
if someone told me to **** off, I probably wouldn't care, since they had no authority to make me go away, I would ignore them. Also, I said it to a guy who came on a SB, I said "wassup n***a". He wasn't offended at all, and he was even black. Not one person I kknow has been offended by it, except, apparently, Stryfe.
 
Gaaramaster said:
if someone told me to **** off, I probably wouldn't care, since they had no authority to make me go away, I would ignore them. Also, I said it to a guy who came on a SB, I said "wassup n***a". He wasn't offended at all, and he was even black. Not one person I kknow has been offended by it, except, apparently, Stryfe.
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If you said that to a black man in real life, he would probably floor you.
 
well, people don't normally say "Sup cracker" or "sup honkey", but I hear "sup n***a" alot. But cracker and honkey aren't really that racist unless it's meant in a racial way.
 
They're racist because they only apply to one race. It's as simple as that.

Plus, you'd have to be a complete retard to be a white guy and call another white guy a "cracker". Who DOES that?
 
I have no idea. I'd call myself cracker, since I am not opposed to the truth. It may be a ruder way to say a white person, but that doesn't really make a difference.
 
Gaaramaster said:
I have no idea. I'd call myself cracker, since I am not opposed to the truth. It may be a ruder way to say a white person, but that doesn't really make a difference.
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Here, I have a way to get over your stupidity:

Walk into Compton, CA. Go up to a African-American and say the "N" word in a brotherly sense. Go ahead. Do it.

Does that make it the truth?

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Anyways, the point is that you don't understand that those words are racist. xD. Most people aren't offended that you say it to, because, well, they are your friends (Lyke, omg. Who'd be that?!). If you say it to a complete stranger in the same context, I think you'll get a different answer. ;D

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Oh, and at your "ruder white person", it does make a difference. You may not think it's racist, but when African-Americans start saying it to you in a profane way, I think you'd think differently.
 
No, I wouldn't. And actually, I went up to a random african american and said it, and they didn't get mad. They actually gave me a high five, which was kinda wierd.........
 
Racist words don't bother me, I rarely use them ,but hearing them doesn't really bother me. I said "chink" once without really thinking about the word and it turned out to be a really derogatory term. I felt bad afterwards.
 
The racism levels of these words keep on changing. N****r for example was used originally because it means 'Black' it is a derision of the word negro which means 'black', that's it's literal translation. It became a racist term because that's how black people perseived it. That's fair enough, it was after all used by white slavers and that's a whole area of history that all whites should be ashamed of. I would NEVER call a black person n****r either in a friendly sense or a racist sense. If they want to call themselves that to each other that's their choice.
My main trouble comes in knowing what exactly to call them. A few years ago to call someone 'black' was frowned upon, now apparently I can call them black with no one becoming offended.....but that may change again. I live in fear of being labelled a racist when I am not just on the use of a few misplaced words.
 
in my opinion any form of a racist word that is used only affects people who are brought up to think that those type of words are offensive so in the end

what you dont know cant hurt you
 
I don't think truer words have ever been said. Good show mate.

LittleAngel said:
The racism levels of these words keep on changing. N****r for example was used originally because it means 'Black' it is a derision of the word negro which means 'black', that's it's literal translation. It became a racist term because that's how black people perseived it. That's fair enough, it was after all used by white slavers and that's a whole area of history that all whites should be ashamed of. I would NEVER call a black person n****r either in a friendly sense or a racist sense. If they want to call themselves that to each other that's their choice.
My main trouble comes in knowing what exactly to call them. A few years ago to call someone 'black' was frowned upon, now apparently I can call them black with no one becoming offended.....but that may change again. I live in fear of being labelled a racist when I am not just on the use of a few misplaced words.
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Words are meaningless and powerful unless you give them meaning and power. "Racist" words don't mean anything to me. In fact, I've never actually been affiliated with another white person who has ever been offended by white racial slurs. Hmmmmm. :rolleyes:
 
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