Do you find being called "black" offensive?

Pet_Sounds · 09-12-2014, 02:45 PM

I live in a small town in Canada, which has a very small black population. I've always just called people of African descent "blacks", in the same way I call Caucasians "whites", without meaning anything harmful or derogatory, as does everyone I know. I'm wondering, though, if "black" people don't like being called that, and would rather be called "African-Canadian" or a similar term. And is the term "Negro" any different?

**Frownland** · 09-12-2014, 02:47 PM

White people live in Africa too, so it's not a very accurate term. I don't find it offensive and according to some of my friends they prefer to be called black because of it being inaccurate.

RoxyRollah · 09-12-2014, 02:53 PM

African- Canadian sounds bizarre.

I'm not offened. Also there are like three of us on here that I know of.
Anti is semi black I guess....He got dat fro.

This is gonna be a short thread.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 09-12-2014, 05:25 PM

i don't get offended if someone calls me black. i do get offended if they call me a jew though.

The Batlord · 09-12-2014, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

i don't get offended if someone calls me black. i do get offended if they call me a jew though.

Well, we've got enough grammar Nazis on this forum, so I guess it's about time we had one of the more traditional variety. Willkommen, mein Herr!

Necromancer · 09-12-2014, 07:32 PM

I don't much care for this particular racist joke I heard the other day.

What do you call a white man in court?

The lawyer.

Whites go to court just like everybody else. We're not all lawyers and judges.

Neapolitan · 09-12-2014, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necromancer

I don't much care for this particular racist joke I heard the other day.

What do you call a white man in court?

The lawyer.

Whites go to court just like everybody else. We're not all lawyers and judges.

I don't much care for this particular lawyer jokes I heard the other day.

Q: What's the difference between a jellyfish and a lawyer?
A: One's a spineless, poisonous blob. The other is a form of sea life.

Lawyers are just like everybody else. They're not all spineless.

Isbjørn · 09-13-2014, 04:14 AM

I don't find it offensive at all, but then again, I'm caucasian.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 09-13-2014, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Briks

I don't find it offensive at all, but then again, I'm caucasian.

I find it offensive, because I'm white.

The Batlord · 09-13-2014, 06:02 AM

I find it to be pretty generic. I've heard fifty million and one racist jokes in my life, and laughed at a fair few of them, so why should one relatively benign racist joke be so terrible?

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	White people live in Africa too, so it's not a very accurate term. I don't find it offensive and according to some of my friends they prefer to be called black because of it being inaccurate. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	i don't get offended if someone calls me black. i do get offended if they call me a jew though.

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Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	I don't much care for this particular racist joke I heard the other day. What do you call a white man in court? The lawyer. Whites go to court just like everybody else. We're not all lawyers and judges.