Man of Honour
I wouldn't of hit him personally, but I would have put him in his place and call him a ****ing idiot.
I wouldn't. I would have simply said "Would want me to smash your head in the door?" and then smile.
I wouldn't of hit him personally, but I would have put him in his place and call him a ****ing idiot.
Really? No non whites at your school then? What year are we talking about here?
70% of British food comes from some ethnic country anyway.
Absolutely yes. You only need to look back to the late seventies/early eighties to see television programs like the Sweeney and Til Death Do Us Part to see actors on prime time tv calling black characters Nig Nogs and Darkies, Asian characters pakis and **** and Irish characters Bog Trotters and Bombers. In addition comedians like Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson regularly took the mick out of other races in a manner that would today be considered un-pc.
People who were bought up during those times and enjoyed these television programs (which you have to remember were the norm for the times) were quite probably using the same language everyday to talk about different cultures in their daily life.
The only thing that has changed is the political outlook on such things - people haven't and I'm not in the least bit surprised to hear older people still using this kind of language. Rather I'm surprised we don't hear it more - especially with political correctness wearing quite thin with a lot of people.
I'm still surprised no one has mentioned Honkys (I think thats spelt right) But because that is aimed at white people its not considered a racial slur by a lot of places.
They grew up in a time when you were allowed to say what you think, no real surprises thee.
This is half the explanation. The other half is that peoples' perceptions of what racism actually is has changed.
I'm not sure if I should say your honesty is commendable but can I ask you why you are racist.
You seem to be aware therefore you should be able to see how untenable your statment and prejudices towards those of a different race is?
It kinda comes across as though you are pround but please correct me if I am wrong.
Which peoples are you referring to?
The old adage "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" goes a long way in this context.
My grandparents pretty much admitted to being racist once. My grandmother said that she found black men more "scary" than white men, and that it was probably due to only seeing her first black man at the age of about 20. She admitted that not having been exposed to any other ethnicities other than whites from an early age gave her a sort of "fear of the unknown" that has remained with her.
I don't think they're racist in the sense that they see other races as being completely inferior, they just have this bizarre misunderstanding.
It is wrong as we allegedly remember emotional pain better than we can recall physical pain. So "names" will be more painful in the long run than a broken bone.
Unless its a doctor standing over me saying "ok, i'm calling it, time of death x:xx... xx/xx/xxxx" then words don't kill me directly, while my bones breaking can kill me, you can recall words that hurt you, you can't recall anything if someone kills you, i know which I'd prefer.
I was Shocked by a couple of my workmates, They refer to Bananas as Monkey food & then started chatting to this girl about how many "Monkeys" there are over in Nuneaton. There was No hush hush about it or anything & he just talked normally, The guy is between 45-50 I would say. There was about 5 people within ear shot who laughed along as I just stood there picking my jaw up.
I felt guilty not saying owt but he is the team leaders husband so I felt it better not to rock the boat any more.
So basically uneducated people not knowing what they were saying years ago, versus fully educated people who know there isn't a difference who still choose to hate black people for altogether more ignorant and hateful reasons.
This is half the explanation. The other half is that peoples' perceptions of what racism actually is has changed.