On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:30 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 12:53 PM -0500 2/25/08, Andrés Robinet wrote:
> >*gringos* started calling me Rob long ago. It's shorter, it's easier to
> >pronounce and it's a short form for my last name (Robinet).
>
> Gringos?
>
> That brings up another subject, why is it that
> Caucasians don't have any offensive slang words?
> We are called by all sorts of slang (i.e.,
> cracker, white-bread, hunkie, and so on), but we
> don't have something equivalent to the n-word/
>
> No reply is needed -- just a comment.
Too bad, you get a reply anyway.
That's ****EXACTLY**** the same thing I keep saying! In fact,
"Gringo" is probably the most offensive, and even that doesn't phase
me. Not only are none of the terms for whites offensive, none of them
are funny words. I'll admit, I like the sound of some racial slurs
and derogatory terms; NOT because of the hateful epithet and
intonation, but because the word itself is funny.
And I'm a firm believer that a word only carries as much power as
you allow it. Of course, there's still a time and place for
everything, and while I wouldn't ever scream N****R at a black man, I
can't help but laugh when I hear the word.
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