That was not racist then

[x EvilErmine x]

Referring to a black person as black. =/

Used to be perfectly fine but now peoples hackles go up when I say 'black' rather than 'coloured'.

Friggen ridiculous.

Why is it ridiculous? There not black are they? the text this is written in is black, a so called 'black person' is not. Same goes for a 'white person' too, I've never seen one. They all seem to be varying shades of pink/apricot (And also orange if you count fake tan as a skin colour lol)

 

[thedoclc]

Referring to a black person as black. =/

Used to be perfectly fine but now peoples hackles go up when I say 'black' rather than 'coloured'.

Friggen ridiculous.

Funny, as in the states, colored would now be considered offensive, while black is fairly neutral. Only a few organizations can grandfather clause in colored, like the NAACP.

Back in 1996, I received a letter from a major university offering a scholarship to "people of color." I was willing to let it go (and take the money, except I decided to attend an equally prestigious rival). See, in a fit of pique, my father decided to go call the university and give the director of admissions a piece of his mind about what an absolutely absurd phrase "person of color" is.

Having your father call the director of admissions of a potential school an imbecile -really- doesn't help get you shortlisted, but I still agree with my father's point.

 

[LavaLampBamboo]

I really love the Tintin books, but when I look back at them now, there's nothing particularly malicious about them, but there are some relatively stereotyped characters.

For example, Tintin's nemesis is a Jewish caricature with a large nose, his Chinese friend is called Chang Chong-Chen, and a lot of the black characters (all I think) are drawn in a very gollywog-esque style. It's not a problem but it shows the different kind of time they were written in.

 

[EllEzDee]

Referring to a black person as black. =/

Used to be perfectly fine but now peoples hackles go up when I say 'black' rather than 'coloured'.

Friggen ridiculous.

Where are you from? Because here in the Midwest of the USA, colored is considered derogatory and black is the preferred term.

England, and yeah, i've noticed people going off the term coloured here too now.

Dark skinned is the best term. For example, "what's that lads name?" "who?" "the dark skinned one", because he has dark skin, not black.
Still, i've lived in many, many parts of England in my life, about 20 , from Manchester to Lincolnshire to Bournemouth, and i've never seen anyone get aggravated at the term "black".

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

Racism today tends to forget people are mean,apathetic and stereotypical to X, Y or Z. And thus go out of way of logic and reason to re correct reality by saying if it looks like it might slight the apparent minority its world shattering maddens but if it slights in the other direction its A ok family friendly good laughs.

Ya know black face is not racist, the cartoonish dolls and such are not racist its a fcking cartoon (To make humorous or satirical), the N word is barely racist these days(tho is more loaded than queer,fag ect ), look at the meaning and context and situation before race, color or creed is even entered into the equation. And don't get me started on "retarded" next "special" or any word or term that might have the slightest hint of negative ambiguity will be socially unacceptable because society is ran by children and nanny's ...

 

[Beltom]

as a young child I saw my first black person. I reached up at him from my stroller and said, "basketball man." My mom was mortified but the guy the thought it was kinda funny.

I did something similar, but it was with my Dad's Group Captain in the RAF when I was about six. I went up to him and said "You're brown!" My Dad thought that he was going to get sacked but the Group Captain just laughed and said "Yes, I am".

 

[Dimensional Vortex]

Nothing really, I'm still a kid with a few black friends so I guess if I say the n word like some other people do my friends will leave xD

 

[thedoclc]

I really love the Tintin books, but when I look back at them now, there's nothing particularly malicious about them, but there are some relatively stereotyped characters.

For example, Tintin's nemesis is a Jewish caricature with a large nose, his Chinese friend is called Chang Chong-Chen, and a lot of the black characters (all I think) are drawn in a very gollywog-esque style. It's not a problem but it shows the different kind of time they were written in.

On a similar note, Donald Duck and the Ducktales cast were always managing to use good ol' Uncle Scrooge's money to teach ignorant and completely stereotyped folks in places like Inca-Blinca how with some psuedo-American know-how and the help of Uncle Scrooge's vast MNC, they can be prosperous. Heck, one episode went as far as to show some fake Pacific Islanders who valued not technology, knowledge, wealth, or science, but big bellies.

Even as a supporter of capitalism, I'm like, "bwah?"

 

[Drauden]

I suppose you could still say Tiger and it could be technically racist.

How?

In Sweden we have these delicious things called negro-balls. They look like this:

Obviously, there has been debates about the name...

I love those, haven't had them in a few years. Best racist food there is.
"****** balls" ehheh.

We usually call a black person for the N-word, but it's not that we mean anything mean by it. It's just how we know them. We say "neger" though, which I suppose is at least a little different than what the white slave owners said; "******."

But yeah, that's Norway.

 

[Trucken]

I suppose you could still say Tiger and it could be technically racist.

How?

In Sweden we have these delicious things called negro-balls. They look like this:

Obviously, there has been debates about the name...

And end the school year at church and singing our national anthem is also "racism".

Yeah, that really is fucking brilliant. Our national anthem is racist? Silliest shit I've ever heard.

Ah yes, the negro-balls. Delicious indeed, and I still call them negro-balls. I don't mean any harm with it, it's just what they're called. I refuse to call them chocolate-balls.

 

[Madara XIII]

I suppose you could still say Tiger and it could be technically racist.

How?

In Sweden we have these delicious things called negro-balls. They look like this:

Obviously, there has been debates about the name...

Mmm mmm Nothing like eatin me some Negro Balls.....seriously it had to be done XD

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Well in Irish Francach with an upper case f means French person while lower case f means a rat. Also the Irish for Black man is Blue man and the Irish for Devil is Black man. Although that is probably due to Black being seen as a sign of evil and I doubt many Irish Celts even heard of people with dark complexions aside from maybe a couple who traded with Romans.

 

[Jackle_666]

I can't call black pudding black pudding any more. Even though it is black. Stuff like this doesn't help race relations it just makes bigots dig their boots in.

 

[Jezthesiren]

When I was growing up, I always got confused about whether or not it was ok to refer to a person of African decent as black... mostly because it would depend entirely on who I was talking to or where I was. Besides, to my mind, pale-skinned people were called White when they are not indeed white and no one seemed to have a problem with that - it was very confusing.

To be honest, it still confuses me. The easy fall back here is to say African American... but obviously not all people of African decent are also American, but its not really appropriate to call someone African if they are not really from Africa (not to mention being seen my some as rude or not PC).

 

[Ampersand]

You're right, that's totally prejudice against large men.

 

[joshthor]

racism is overblown these days. there are whole organizations to dealing with racism. in my opinion the NAACP is far more racist than most people. if white people had an organization that gave out awards ONLY to white people they would get the s#$@ sued out of them in seconds, however, the NAACP is allowed to do this. they also blow alot of crap out of proportion.

 

[Seneschal]

My dad had (and still has, I think) some stereotypes, but mostly weird ones. He's "envious" of gays and black people, because: "Only gay men can sing, and only black men are good at sports."