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Originally posted by Mrluvaluva
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Originally posted by Jaz0
Okay, I don't know many racially offensive words that a white person could be called (probably really shameful) but I know that 'honky' is a racist term against white people, I just wondered, if you're white, would you be offended if someone called you that?
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It depeands on the situation, who is saying it, and in what context it was said.
I used to go out clubbing every weekend with some friends in Manchester who were originally from Zambia in Africa. They got called "*****", "indians" (just shows you peoples ignorance) and "blacks" sometimes, from people who had had a bit much to drink. I would just turn around and say something like "what about it white honky"? They never knew how to comeback on that one not 1 single time (being white myself). If my friends had said that, the situation would have been very different!
I was not being racist as it was said to a person who was the same race as me. If one of my friends would have said it, then it would have been racist. So, as it has been pointed out before, you can't be racist against your own ethnicity (hence why some black people are ok with calling each other *******).
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Can I just bring my point forward again, as I think it was overlooked.
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Good point. I understand what you mean.
However, I do believe on some occassions you can be racist to your own race, for example, some racists would not like my mum for marrying a black man and having children with him - although I am not sure if the correct term for it would be racism.