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Originally Posted by Niamh.

It would be a racial remark but I would be annoyed at the whole thing, being called selfish more so than white because white people have never been oppressed by black people, it doesn't carry the same weight as an insult. Also, in that instance it was being used in an aggressive way so I would be offended whether white was in there or not. The example you gave the guy was not using it in an argumentative way and you didn't take as such but you know that you referring to him as "black boy" would have been dodgy enough becaus eof the connotations that has

Also, Firewire, I don't give a **** about those peas, if it was the last bag of spuds though that bitch would be going down

Thats all Im looking for. I dont care to what degree of offense you take each comment - its still offensive! I completely understand connotations, history etc. etc. but they dont play the entire role of 'racism' - in fact I think they play a much smaller role between face-to-face interactions. We dont walk the streets thinking "they used to be slaves" or "they used to be masters" etc. - when a black and white person argue and race gets brought up its often purely the use of skin colour and any stereotypical associated traits/characteristics (e.g. promiscuity, snobbery etc.)