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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
I've been using "you people" as an insult for a while now. Nothing feels more satisfying then a good "You people make me sick!". Or a simple "You people (roll eyes)...pfft". Or the coup de grace "You people are on your own, leave me out of this nonsense". I'd like to think it's still valid as long as the group of you people is acceptably diverse, like at least three different identifiable peoples. I'd hate to have to give all that up.
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LOL, yeah, if your reference within the group is associated similarly, "You People" is in the same context as everyone in the same group with no racial context. That is, if a white person says to another white person using "You people" in a sentence, it may refer to the family or to an associated group of friends. However, if a white person said it to a visible minority, that context is meant to be racial. The same effect if a visible minority said "You people" to a white person.
BTW, I love your user name. I saw it on an Ontario license plate quite a few years ago but I don't think it'll be possible to get one like that again. That acronym should be used to describe Don Cherry when he got signed by Sportsnet years ago and when he ranted racially.