Sooo, you completely agree with him in that it's the context in which it is used that determines whether or not it's racist.Scars Unseen said:
Is "dropping the n-bomb" racist?
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Pretty much this. Obviously, calling someone that (or any slur) is pretty awful, but the word can be used in proper contexts or in art, etc.Major_Tom said:
Discrimination based on race, positive or negative, is racism. If a black person is 'allowed' to use the word but a white person isn't, it's racism. Bit ironic since it's a racial slur, but hey. I'm aware 'white people' have a bad history with enslaving black people, but that does not really apply to all white people. Or even most of them. I'm white, but none of my ancestors had slaves. My ancestors lived in extreme poverty in a place so inhospitable that it was rare that people lived past 40 due to hunger, extreme cold, disease, and Denmark. So why am I stuck with a social stigma neither I nor my ancestors had anything to do with?
Either all people are allowed to say '******', or no one is. Otherwise, we're accepting racism as a social norm.
Either all people are allowed to say '******', or no one is. Otherwise, we're accepting racism as a social norm.
Me and my cunts back home frequently make use of the word ****** when describing any individual who performed an impressive action. Of course some cunts will use it in a negative manner to describe people of colour but of course those retards are a minority and shouldn't dictate what the word means.
Of course it originates from "negro" which, if I remember correctly, is another language's word for "black person" and contains no negative connotations. But since the slave trade was engaged in by Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, French, English and other European powers the word became more widespread and eventually turned into a slur.
Is "Oriental" a slur? No. Unless there's some other supposedly politically correct word one can use to describe individuals from Persia and further East but not including Russia, Australia and New Zealand. "From the Orient" is a geographical region, "******" isn't used to describe Africa.
Of course it originates from "negro" which, if I remember correctly, is another language's word for "black person" and contains no negative connotations. But since the slave trade was engaged in by Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, French, English and other European powers the word became more widespread and eventually turned into a slur.
Is "Oriental" a slur? No. Unless there's some other supposedly politically correct word one can use to describe individuals from Persia and further East but not including Russia, Australia and New Zealand. "From the Orient" is a geographical region, "******" isn't used to describe Africa.