why can a black man say 'white boy', but a white man can't say '******'

[demirturk]

just asking the americans , i see it on tv a lot , and im just curious how come, is it because of the years of slavery and pain they caused the blacks???

[demirturk]

is ****** so much more degrading then 'white boy?????

[BrooklynBomber]

There is nothing 'moral' about this issue. My best advice is to take a sociology course or even better, sociolinguistics. They would explain it real well.

[kayjay]

No it's not more degrading, but the story goes that they have a lot more pain (that "we" caused), so we should be more sensitive.

And also because whites over here are softies who get scared if blacks tell us not to say the n-word, but don't have the balls to get in their faces if they say 'whiteboy'

But the words are equally degrading.

[demirturk]

There is nothing 'moral' about this issue. My best advice is to take a sociology course or even better, sociolinguistics. They would explain it real well.

just a simple question , i ve had sociology last year, i passed. i still don't know ....

[adamk1304]

I've been called it a couple of times and it pissed me off big-time, i react in the same way that a black guy would if you called him a n*****.

[demirturk]

No it's not more degrading, but the story goes that they have a lot more pain (that "we" caused), so we should be more sensitive.

And also because whites over here are softies who get scared if blacks tell us not to say the n-word, but don't have the balls to get in their faces if they say 'whiteboy'

But the words are equally degrading.

i see , ok then.

[RAESAAD]

is ****** so much more degrading then 'white boy?????

I'm brown.....I don't give a ****.

[BrooklynBomber]

just a simple question , i ve had sociology last year, i passed. i still don't know ....

Well, then you should understand the concept of power. In other words, blacks got the power over racial slurs because our society gave it to them.

[demirturk]

Well, then you should understand the concept of power. In other words, blacks got the power over racial slurs because our society gave it to them.

is that a bad thing?