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Old 06-03-2007, 09:24 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Vulcan View Post
Calculoso was saying the phrase isn't rascist in whatever context. If I refer to you as &&^%%$%&* chinaman, greek, ukranian or whatever in a WASP setting where the person being referred to is a minority, it's rascist or at least it's predjudice. If I'm out on a reserve and someone calls me a **&&^^%& whiteman than that's rascist but if say you call me that, I'll just laugh. Our words are powerfull and it isn't the swearing, it's the disrespect we show when we attack a group of people.
I would agree with him than that overall the phrase is not that racist either. Of course there would be incidents when the person using it was doing so in a racist manner but I don't think that just uttering that phrase is racist or prejudice in any manner.
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