TheTaco007 said:
(Not trying to be racist. I don't think this sentence seems at all racist, but I always feel guilty when I say "black people." I would have said "african americans" but I realize that a lot of people on this site are in Europe, and didn't know how to phrase it...)
I don't get this myself, why exactly is "Black people" somehow considered offensive now? I mean, I have no objections to being called a white person. Mainly because that's what I am.
OP: It seems to come in waves as to what's offensive and what's not. The word ****** seems to be one of them now. One thing though, I don't believe in reducing it to "the N Word". Not because I'm at all racist, and I know it can be deeply hurtful, but I think that the avoidance of saying the word at all just makes some want to say it just because they aren't allowed. I think using it in the way I did is okay, it's just saying the word and not attaching any hate to it. Perhaps if it isn't avoided so much, people will stop saying it just to be offensive.