Racist Naming Connotations

So, I find it personally hard to understand why it is that people are so frantic over calling people by certain names.

I am white, however, I have a multitude of various racial friends, so in no way am I racist.

It annoys me however, when people consider it racist to call someone the derogatory form of negro, or to call a pakistani a 'paki'.

Why is it that these words are so frowned upon. It is okay to call british people 'brits' or americans 'yanks', but calling a pakistani person by the above way is considered highly offensive...why is that? The word itself is derived from the country from which those certain people are from, just like people from afghanistan are called 'afghans'...

Is it purely that certain words for some reasons have developed connatations of animosity towards others of different racial backgrounds?

The whole 'name calling' thing is made worse when, for example, a black person is well within their right to call another black person a negro, but if a white person says it, its highly racist; these words are thrown around so casually, that the meaning behind them is gone. Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Racial problems just confuse me, as sometimes, within a race, the very name calling that can be considered so offensive from another race, is deemed to be acceptable from within...

/rant.

So, I find it personally hard to understand why it is that people are so frantic over calling people by certain names.

I am white, however, I have a multitude of various racial friends, so in no way am I racist.

It annoys me however, when people consider it racist to call someone the derogatory form of negro, or to call a pakistani a 'paki'.

Why is it that these words are so frowned upon. It is okay to call british people 'brits' or americans 'yanks', but calling a pakistani person by the above way is considered highly offensive...why is that? The word itself is derived from the country from which those certain people are from, just like people from afghanistan are called 'afghans'...

Is it purely that certain words for some reasons have developed connatations of animosity towards others of different racial backgrounds?

The whole 'name calling' thing is made worse when, for example, a black person is well within their right to call another black person a negro, but if a white person says it, its highly racist; these words are thrown around so casually, that the meaning behind them is gone. Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Racial problems just confuse me, as sometimes, within a race, the very name calling that can be considered so offensive from another race, is deemed to be acceptable from within...

/rant.

Eragon_11

wow. you obviously don't know the history of the n word. the reason that yanks isn't offensive, is the same reason krauts(or jerry) for the germans isn't offensive.

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Eragon_11

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Another racist thread...................nivet14

Id just like to know how racial slurs have progressed SO fast.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Button_man

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

[QUOTE="nivet14"]Another racist thread...................Eragon_11

Id just like to know how racial slurs have progressed SO fast.

In today's reality, internet administrators won't see that my friend.

I think this topic should be locked

arent these the kind of things you learn just hearing people at school talk?YourBlackWings

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

[QUOTE="nivet14"]Another racist thread...................SilverIce7

Id just like to know how racial slurs have progressed SO fast.

In today's reality, internet administrators won't see that my friend.

I think this topic should be locked

[QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Eragon_11

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Button_man

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

[QUOTE="nivet14"]Another racist thread...................Eragon_11

Id just like to know how racial slurs have progressed SO fast.

double standards...only reason.

i think it ridiculoushow political correct everyone has to be all the time.

My point is this in life you will get every kind of **** from other people thats life but its up to you

if you will let it offend you. The words people say to degrate you is only so strong you let it be.

For somebody to say something racist they have to be racist otherwise its just a bad choice of words. Therefore there are no racist words and just racist b'tards.bentleg

wrong? you can have racist words and racist people.

For somebody to say something racist they have to be racist otherwise its just a bad choice of words. Therefore there are no racist words and just racist b'tards.bentleg

Words are powerful I guess.

It's because whitey is pretty much backed into a corner in America's case. If you're white and you say black, you're racist. Even if you're talking about coffee or an ink cartridge, it's racist. The irony: white people are the ones who have invented that overly racism thing in an attempt to redeem their ancestors's sins. How about we all just forget what happened, shut up, and try to make this a better place to live, OK? I'm sure we can agree on that as a species.Video_Game_King

Yeah, I agree. I do think that racism has been escalated by whites also. Remembering the past is okay, but to dwell on it is pathetic. Whats done is done, and cant be changed.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

So, I find it personally hard to understand why it is that people are so frantic over calling people by certain names.

I am white, however, I have a multitude of various racial friends, so in no way am I racist.

It annoys me however, when people consider it racist to call someone the derogatory form of negro, or to call a pakistani a 'paki'.

Why is it that these words are so frowned upon. It is okay to call british people 'brits' or americans 'yanks', but calling a pakistani person by the above way is considered highly offensive...why is that? The word itself is derived from the country from which those certain people are from, just like people from afghanistan are called 'afghans'...

Is it purely that certain words for some reasons have developed connatations of animosity towards others of different racial backgrounds?

The whole 'name calling' thing is made worse when, for example, a black person is well within their right to call another black person a negro, but if a white person says it, its highly racist; these words are thrown around so casually, that the meaning behind them is gone. Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Racial problems just confuse me, as sometimes, within a race, the very name calling that can be considered so offensive from another race, is deemed to be acceptable from within...

/rant.

mistervengeance

wow. you obviously don't know the history of the n word. the reason that yanks isn't offensive, is the same reason krauts(or jerry) for the germans isn't offensive.

Are you high? Of coure krauts is offensive. Go read.

[QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Eragon_11

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

yea, i get what you mean, it is said a lot in normal friendly conversation now too. but i guarantee if theres an argument its not a friendly word anymore.

[QUOTE="mistervengeance"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

So, I find it personally hard to understand why it is that people are so frantic over calling people by certain names.

I am white, however, I have a multitude of various racial friends, so in no way am I racist.

It annoys me however, when people consider it racist to call someone the derogatory form of negro, or to call a pakistani a 'paki'.

Why is it that these words are so frowned upon. It is okay to call british people 'brits' or americans 'yanks', but calling a pakistani person by the above way is considered highly offensive...why is that? The word itself is derived from the country from which those certain people are from, just like people from afghanistan are called 'afghans'...

Is it purely that certain words for some reasons have developed connatations of animosity towards others of different racial backgrounds?

The whole 'name calling' thing is made worse when, for example, a black person is well within their right to call another black person a negro, but if a white person says it, its highly racist; these words are thrown around so casually, that the meaning behind them is gone. Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Racial problems just confuse me, as sometimes, within a race, the very name calling that can be considered so offensive from another race, is deemed to be acceptable from within...

/rant.

Mudig

wow. you obviously don't know the history of the n word. the reason that yanks isn't offensive, is the same reason krauts(or jerry) for the germans isn't offensive.

Are you high? Of coure krauts is offensive. Go read.

Dude, cool down. I know you have not insulted anyone. I am tiredof dumb racist threads. nivet14

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Button_man

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

yea, i get what you mean, it is said a lot in normal friendly conversation now too. but i guarantee if theres an argument its not a friendly word anymore.

[QUOTE="bentleg"]For somebody to say something racist they have to be racist otherwise its just a bad choice of words. Therefore there are no racist words and just racist b'tards.Eragon_11

Words are powerful I guess.

Just because they are deemed a racist doesn't make it so. Words are poweless unless you give them power. Instead of trying to control language they should concentrate on real racial issues in the community. And not bring the heat done on some white girl who sings the "N word" is some some song on TV.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Button_man

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

yea, i get what you mean, it is said a lot in normal friendly conversation now too. but i guarantee if theres an argument its not a friendly word anymore.

Also I have seen non black people go to their black friends and call them the N word and nothing happened. Also I don't use the word not beause I am scared but because its stupid.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Button_man

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

[QUOTE="nivet14"]Dude, cool down. I know you have not insulted anyone. I am tiredof dumb racist threads. Eragon_11

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Button_man

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

yea, i get what you mean, it is said a lot in normal friendly conversation now too. but i guarantee if theres an argument its not a friendly word anymore.

how are double standards stupid?

for instance, you wouldn't put a woman on the front lines of a battle ground. for the vast majority, that's just plain wrong.

men and women and different races ARE DIFFERENT.

some things about the double standard are bad, i agree, but on a whole it's a necessary thing.

[QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

hedgehogmaster

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

well it can be insulting when a black person says it to anther black person too lol.

It is bad when words can in one context be somewhat harmless yet in another be malicious, but I guess thats just human nature.

So, I find it personally hard to understand why it is that people are so frantic over calling people by certain names.

I am white, however, I have a multitude of various racial friends, so in no way am I racist.

It annoys me however, when people consider it racist to call someone the derogatory form of negro, or to call a pakistani a 'paki'.

Why is it that these words are so frowned upon. It is okay to call british people 'brits' or americans 'yanks', but calling a pakistani person by the above way is considered highly offensive...why is that? The word itself is derived from the country from which those certain people are from, just like people from afghanistan are called 'afghans'...

Is it purely that certain words for some reasons have developed connatations of animosity towards others of different racial backgrounds?

The whole 'name calling' thing is made worse when, for example, a black person is well within their right to call another black person a negro, but if a white person says it, its highly racist; these words are thrown around so casually, that the meaning behind them is gone. Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Racial problems just confuse me, as sometimes, within a race, the very name calling that can be considered so offensive from another race, is deemed to be acceptable from within...

/rant.

Eragon_11

There is a difference between calling someone something because of WHERE they come from, and Calling someone something because of WHAt there nationality. When a Person of African desent takes a once-rasist term, and uses it to indicate other African Desendants, i look at it as calling that person "oppressed" or "mistreated" or to use the N-word as reverse empowernment, taking a bad thing, and using it in a non-bad way. Respect, Brother, Respect.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Button_man

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

how are double standards stupid?

for instance, you wouldn't put a woman on the front lines of a battle ground. for the vast majority, that's just plain wrong.

men and women and different races ARE DIFFERENT.

some things about the double standard are bad, i agree, but on a whole it's a necessary thing.

mistervengeance

Double standards encourage inequality. That's what's wrong with them. Like the sexual double standard. I can tell my friends at work of the hot ass I got last night, but as soon as a woman enters the conversation, I'm suddenly at no-sex-camp. Equality has its downsides, you know. Choosing what you want to be equal in and what you want an advantage in is f*cked up.

[QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Eragon_11

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

Actually, that would be an ignorant black man.

[QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Eragon_11

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

nah i would have to disagree as a black person in this country i believe that NO one should use this word NOT EVEN BLACK PEOPLE im black and i don't use this word neither should any1 else and for all those black people who thinks its ok to use it because we have "reclaimed" it is simply wrong if they could look in the dictionary and the historical factor of this word they would never use it

i think it was right to get her out because it should not be tolerated, people always say well if black people use it why cant i say it well the reason is those black people eg rappers thugs etc dont REPRESENT all of our views as black people and most black people dont use it the only ones you see using it are the "thugs in the ghetto"

this is what i wrote in the UK dicussion board on the topic of racism in BB and the N word

http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25685611

HERE is a link to it

So, I find it personally hard to understand why it is that people are so frantic over calling people by certain names.

I am white, however, I have a multitude of various racial friends, so in no way am I racist.

It annoys me however, when people consider it racist to call someone the derogatory form of negro, or to call a pakistani a 'paki'.

Why is it that these words are so frowned upon. It is okay to call british people 'brits' or americans 'yanks', but calling a pakistani person by the above way is considered highly offensive...why is that? The word itself is derived from the country from which those certain people are from, just like people from afghanistan are called 'afghans'...

Is it purely that certain words for some reasons have developed connatations of animosity towards others of different racial backgrounds?

The whole 'name calling' thing is made worse when, for example, a black person is well within their right to call another black person a negro, but if a white person says it, its highly racist; these words are thrown around so casually, that the meaning behind them is gone. Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

Racial problems just confuse me, as sometimes, within a race, the very name calling that can be considered so offensive from another race, is deemed to be acceptable from within...

/rant.

Eragon_11

Well said, Eragon_11. This is a known double standard both true and firm. I'm asian and me and my friends are always joking around with asain people jokes. I say abouthalf the jokes.I just think that some people just have to learn to be looser. Don't take everything to heart otherwise you will not be able to survive in this world.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

shoot-first

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

Actually, that would be an ignorant black man.

It use to but I don't really think it has the same meaning today, although it is still a stupid word. But technically anyone can be classified as a N word.

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

solidgamer

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.

nah i would have to disagree as a black person in this country i believe that NO one should use this word NOT EVEN BLACK PEOPLE im black and i don't use this word neither should any1 else and for all those black people who thinks its ok to use it because we have "reclaimed" it is simply wrong if they could look in the dictionary and the historical factor of this word they would never use it

i think it was right to get her out because it should not be tolerated, people always say well if black people use it why cant i say it well the reason is those black people eg rappers thugs etc dont REPRESENT all of our views as black people and most black people dont use it the only ones you see using it are the "thugs in the ghetto"

this is what i wrote in the UK dicussion board on the topic of in BB and the N word

[QUOTE="solidgamer"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="Button_man"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"]

Calling someone a negro(in its more offensive way) was the ultimate insult, whereas now, it's deemed to be acceptable by so many.

hedgehogmaster

It is not acceptable at all. It is alright for one black person to say to another as friends but you cannot call someone that otherwise.

Personally, Id never think to use it.