When a black person ever calls a white person a cracker, redneck or WASP, I wonder who he/she would have to apologize to...Mel Gibson? Michael Richards? Michael Jackson?
The Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the world project themselves as very principled men. But I wonder how they react when they witness black men calling other black men the n-word? Or if anyone has ever called them that?
Al - I hear ya Al. When the whole Virginia Tech thing happened and when it came out that the gunman was of Asian descent, A Fox Noise Channel correspondent speculated that the gunman was probably a Paki. She actually said Paki on National TV with no repercussions. I guess you need to be a protected group to create a brouhaha. In which case I feel the worst for white men; the least of all protected groups. It's sort of sad when Black Power evokes empowerment and White Power evokes racism. However some might argue that the white race has lost their right use white power these days because they originally used it in a racist way.
I didn't realise that WASP was a derogatory term. I thought it stood for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant?
Nhi - I don't know too much about them, but I have heard them condemn the use of nigger by anyone in any context.
WASP is (or at least should be) as derogatory as WAP, Paki, Chink, etc...
What's the difference between these terms and the N-bomb? I argue that there isn't, or, at least shouldn't be. If one is ok, then they're all okay, if one isn't then the others shouldn't be either.
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When a black person ever calls a white person a cracker, redneck or WASP, I wonder who he/she would have to apologize to...Mel Gibson? Michael Richards? Michael Jackson?
The Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the world project themselves as very principled men. But I wonder how they react when they witness black men calling other black men the n-word? Or if anyone has ever called them that?
Bill Cosby - now there's a real role model!
Al - I hear ya Al. When the whole Virginia Tech thing happened and when it came out that the gunman was of Asian descent, A Fox Noise Channel correspondent speculated that the gunman was probably a Paki. She actually said Paki on National TV with no repercussions. I guess you need to be a protected group to create a brouhaha. In which case I feel the worst for white men; the least of all protected groups. It's sort of sad when Black Power evokes empowerment and White Power evokes racism. However some might argue that the white race has lost their right use white power these days because they originally used it in a racist way.
I didn't realise that WASP was a derogatory term. I thought it stood for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant?
Nhi - I don't know too much about them, but I have heard them condemn the use of nigger by anyone in any context.
WASP is (or at least should be) as derogatory as WAP, Paki, Chink, etc...
What's the difference between these terms and the N-bomb? I argue that there isn't, or, at least shouldn't be. If one is ok, then they're all okay, if one isn't then the others shouldn't be either.
To be perfectly honest, this is the first I've heard of WASP being offensive.
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