Racial slurs

Hellm0

Hey all,
Just wondering what your opinions are on racial slurs or borderline "racist" comments. To give an example, a friend of mine recently made an offhand comment comparing an African American gentlemen at a party we were at to Louis Farrakhan because the guy said something in rhyme. Perhaps mis informed but we got thrown out of the party for the comment due to these guys taking offense.

Having lived in the US for only a small amount of time I am starting to get the feeling that people over here are not just sensitive but are completely irrational when it comes to this topic. Being Irish I get stereotyped constantly here(called a drunkard, my country liked to one giant pub etc, tons of lepercaun jokes) and yet never a word is taken in an offensive light. However should anyone say anything offensive about anyone with a different skin color and all of a sudden its like its the end of the world.

I guess I am encountering alot of hypocrisy and would like some opinions on the matter. Do you feel that it is hypocritical or just that I am not allowed to take offense at an insult to my nation of origin yet someone with a different skin color to mine is?

I slag off my mate who is black, he slags me back.

*shrugs*

MIN2511

American's are OTT over the whole racism thing IMO, they won’t say black they say coloured? What's the difference.....
That was really bad the way they treated ye, you should have pulled out the race card and said "is it because we are white?"


I am black by the way, only ignorant people call me ****** and those that look down on me because of my colour are incompetent FOOLS

flanum

hmmm looking at your profile pic, i would be hard pressed to know why you would be getting any leprechaun/irish slagging thrown at you!!:rolleyes:

Guy:Incognito

Boo urns, I thought this was going to be a thread for posting racial slurs. Was hoping to pick up a few new ones.

Hellm0

MIN2511 wrote: »

I am black by the way, only ignorant people call me ****** and those that look down on me because of my colour are incompetent FOOLS

Couldn't agree more mate, obviously anyone who would bring up race with the intent of causing insult (your x because you have x color skin) is making a vastly idiotic generalization.

That said I can take a certain amount of banter regarding being Irish, I just wish there was the same kind of mentality in other ethnic groups who tend to see themselves as the exception, as if insulting one ethnic group was somehow ok yet another was not.

Hellm0

flanum wrote: »

hmmm looking at your profile pic, i would be hard pressed to know why you would be getting any leprechaun/irish slagging thrown at you!!:rolleyes:

touche:P That was backstage at dorans though, I dont dress in green at all in normal circumstances:P

Charlie

Yeah there definitely seems to be hypocrisy, but I put that down to people being in a somewhat state of confusion do to how much PC bs is going around today.

It all reminds me of the South Park episode Cartman's Silly Hate Crime.

rubadub

I was nearly banned from a forum for saying all of my mates drank except one. All because I also mentioned I was Irish in the post, was a US forum and he presumed I was "Irish-American" and being "racist".

If I had said I was Italian he probably wouldn't have batted an eyelid, he was the one being prejudiced and had a stereotype in his little mind.

USA! USA!

I've encountered black people who hate being referred to as "coloured". One friend of mine used to love me telling him racist jokes. He thought they were hilarious (which some are, TBH)

jdivision

Perhaps it was the reference to Farrakhan himself, who has a history of slurs towards Jews.
boneyarseman, it's near universal that people object to that these days. It's the old South thing. I had friends in the States who'd get the red mist if somebody referred to them as black. They were African American and be afraid if you didn't know that!!

tampopo

Hellm0 wrote: »

Hey all,
Just wondering what your opinions are on racial slurs or borderline "racist" comments. To give an example, a friend of mine recently made an offhand comment comparing an African American gentlemen at a party we were at to Louis Farrakhan because the guy said something in rhyme. Perhaps mis informed but we got thrown out of the party for the comment due to these guys taking offense.

Having lived in the US for only a small amount of time I am starting to get the feeling that people over here are not just sensitive but are completely irrational when it comes to this topic. Being Irish I get stereotyped constantly here(called a drunkard, my country liked to one giant pub etc, tons of lepercaun jokes) and yet never a word is taken in an offensive light. However should anyone say anything offensive about anyone with a different skin color and all of a sudden its like its the end of the world.

I guess I am encountering alot of hypocrisy and would like some opinions on the matter. Do you feel that it is hypocritical or just that I am not allowed to take offense at an insult to my nation of origin yet someone with a different skin color to mine is?

Isn't Louis Farrakhan the muslim leader of the organisation Nation of Islam?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan

Speaking in rhyme bears no relation to this fella...would be...in a word...silly.

Ian Paisley was until the other week head of a church. Would you say he speaks in rhyme???

Imo, right to be ejected from party.

daisy123

Did you mean Louis Armstrong??? The musician??