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Originally posted by thermobryan
True, they don't make it known, but should you have to complain about everything all the time. But the simple fact that most (not all) people dont feel that its wrong calling a white person a racial derogitory remark, and calling any other race an equal remark is unexcuseable. Take an example, if you saw that a group of white people were complaining about the words "cracker" and "honkey" etc were being used on television and they were protesting then most people would think they're crazy, right or wrong? The simple fact is that there is a double standard, and god damn it dont say im racist here. Whites can be trashed to no ends of the earth, its becoming as if theyre a joke topic now. But to make fun of a minority is a crime. Sorry, but I get offended if I'm called a cracker or white trash, because its a derogitory remark. Yes there are worse things you can call me, but putting me down isn't really high on my list of things to tolerate.
Whether the people complain about it or not, people advocating racial harmony and rights should see every side of the table. Do you think that calling white people crackers and honkeys is really helping race relations?
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I think you are generalizing WAYYYYYY too much. A comedian does not reflect the views of an ENTIRE group of people.
Anyway if you are offended, then PLEASE let that person, TV stations, radio, etc. know about it! And (surprise, surprise) I highly doubt most folks would think you're crazy. You may be surprised to discover that A LOT of minorities would agree with you (since we know exactly what you're feeling).
Shoot, until this thread, I didn't know what the heck "gringo" was or meant much less that it was a derrogatory term for whites. After reading this thread, I did rememeber that word before. There was a picture in Glamour magazine with a celebrity wearing a T-Shirt with the word across the chest (It was the girl that does the voice of Kim Possible - I can't think of her name). Never would have guess that it was something offensive. I wonder does she know?
Ok, I'm babbling.....
