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Title: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Fresh Prince on May 21, 2007, 10:12:06 PM
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=268466

Since it's outside the US, distinguished black fellow doesn't have the connotations it has. I personally don't see a problem.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 21, 2007, 10:16:01 PM
I don't know about you blacks but I would personally loved to be called a distinguished black fellow
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Fresh Prince on May 21, 2007, 10:18:04 PM
I don't know about you blacks but I would personally loved to be called a distinguished black fellow

Quote
"When I first played for Australia in the 60s, he congratulated me and I said 'thanks very much, Mr Brown', and he said 'call me distinguished black fellow, that's my name'.
:lol
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 21, 2007, 10:21:59 PM
:rofl

Word filters for the awesome
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 21, 2007, 10:26:44 PM
Thats my favorite filter.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Beezy on May 21, 2007, 11:01:30 PM
Not at all, but this kinda does:

(http://i2.tinypic.com/4q35bhf.png)

Only the one about Japan made me laugh.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Scurvy Stan on May 21, 2007, 11:14:10 PM
I like the korea one.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Beezy on May 21, 2007, 11:17:55 PM
What's that thing in the Korea one?
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Scurvy Stan on May 21, 2007, 11:19:03 PM
What's that thing in the Korea one?

Zerg from starcraft. Those koreans love them some starcraft I hear.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Error Macro on May 21, 2007, 11:27:28 PM
What's that thing in the Korea one?

Zerg from starcraft. Those koreans love them some starcraft I hear.

They do love their games over there.

(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6219/insertsarticlepicsphotodr2.jpg)
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Himu on May 21, 2007, 11:33:56 PM
It doesn't offend me at all. Other cultures have different meanings for words.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Fresh Prince on May 21, 2007, 11:43:07 PM
It doesn't offend me at all. Other cultures have different meanings for words.
In Australia distinguished black fellow is still a derogatory word, some aborigines do take offence to it. Also in rap music distinguished black fellow is not usually censored out so the context is still the same.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Beezy on May 21, 2007, 11:49:55 PM
What's that thing in the Korea one?

Zerg from starcraft. Those koreans love them some starcraft I hear.
I get it now. :lol
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Tauntaun on May 22, 2007, 11:03:59 AM
screw europe  >:(
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Powerslave on May 22, 2007, 11:10:11 AM
lmao @ Japan :lol
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 22, 2007, 11:12:04 AM
As a white person I dunno what a person could call me to offend me. I mean they could insult my character...but appending that insult to 'cause youre white' is so absurd a concept I wouldnt give it the time of day.

This isnt to say im saying hateful names towards other races lack impact, im just saying most of the jokes about white people are either accurate or absurd.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Tauntaun on May 22, 2007, 11:13:40 AM
As a white person I dunno what a person could call me to offend me. I mean they could insult my character...but appending that insult to 'cause youre white' is so absurd a concept I wouldnt give it the time of day.

This isnt to say im saying hateful names towards other races lack impact, im just saying most of the jokes about white people are either accurate or absurd.

(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3231/racingpandaef2.jpg)

whites rool, darkies drool

Edit: looks up at spelling, lol I'm tired  :-*
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 22, 2007, 11:14:09 AM
Pandas are both!
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Powerslave on May 22, 2007, 11:33:36 AM
i dunno but I never saw 'cracker' as offensive towards white people
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 22, 2007, 12:18:54 PM
i like "honkie" a lot. it's almost onomatopoeic!
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Himu on May 22, 2007, 12:41:45 PM
I dunno, maybe it's jsut me, but if someone called me a porch monkey I would laugh. There's something about it that's hilarious. I just imagine a monkey sitting on a house's porch eating chocolate or something and I rofl
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Tauntaun on May 22, 2007, 12:48:57 PM
Do black people wear underwear or do their huge monster-like penises get in the way?
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 22, 2007, 12:49:10 PM
I find honkie and cracker hilarious
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Post by: BobbyRobby on May 22, 2007, 02:17:12 PM
Doesn't the UN have better things to do than tell us what words are offensive?
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 22, 2007, 02:53:11 PM
Honestly, almost nothing "offends" me now. Once you realize it's a free country and you don't have to listen/watch/etc anything if you don't want to, you're basically set
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Himu on May 22, 2007, 02:55:43 PM
The internet has desensitized me of the word n igger
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: xnikki118x on May 23, 2007, 04:26:31 AM
I didn't know honkie was a derogatory term for a white person.

Porch monkey is my #2 favorite black slur. My #1 favorite is coon. :lol
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Yeti on May 23, 2007, 04:28:40 AM
Is coon short for raccoon? Slurs always confuse me.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Candyflip on May 23, 2007, 04:49:18 AM
Xbox Live has desensitized me of the word n igger
Pretty much.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: xnikki118x on May 23, 2007, 06:54:10 AM
Is coon short for raccoon? Slurs always confuse me.

No idea what it stands for or where it comes from, but it's a derogatory term for distinguished black fellow. And it's hilarious.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 23, 2007, 07:04:55 AM
Is coon short for raccoon? Slurs always confuse me.

No idea what it stands for or where it comes from, but it's a derogatory term for distinguished black fellow. And it's hilarious.

it came from the word barracoos which is the slave house. theres other variations on the word as well. but coon is the only one thats stayed around. Looney Tunes taught me lots about racism  :P
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Powerslave on May 23, 2007, 07:12:09 AM
Racism is funny when it's not serious. I didn't watch the Kramer video until a couple of days ago and was slightly stunned at what he pulled out. I imagined him saying those words in a comical fashion but he was dead serious when I actually saw the thing.
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 23, 2007, 10:44:47 AM
Racism as a concept is pretty absurd, and to some people thats enough to make it funny. I personally try to avoid making A LOT of jokes based on race because then it develops into a habit, which can look a lot like, wow, being racist!
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Himu on May 23, 2007, 11:10:02 AM
Is coon short for raccoon? Slurs always confuse me.

Um, have you seen Forrest Gump?

"Those coons wanna go to school."

"Coon? I don't see no racoon."
Title: Re: Black people does this offend you?
Post by: Yeti on May 23, 2007, 01:16:05 PM
Apparently not knowing slurs makes me as dumb as Forrest Gump.  :-\