why is it we cant actullay call people black but they can call people white,like if someone say that black boy
138533
It depends on the person..Some people don't mind it..Others do..
41034
One of my dearest friends in h.s. was mixed.  The word we gave her?  Special.  Unique.  The color of your skin is just that - a color.  It has nothing to do w/ who you are inside where it counts.
909301
Not only that but when black people make fun of white peopl its "comedy."  But if a white comedian made fun of black he'd be "racist."  There is definitely a double standard.  Why isn't there a White Entertainment Channel?  The reason is simple - black people get offended by race-issues.  White people really don't care.  And there is social pressure against being labeled a "racist."
1172701
no one should say it, it's derogatory, but we get more when a white person says it than a black person because of the history behind the word. it was used to humiliate and honestly it still does. I don't use it and I get pissed when anyone calls me that.
1054552
It wold take away from the knowledge of knowing other things in life.It would be so confusing because you would really think all black people look alike and all white people can't dance.Which neither are true.But exploring and coming in contact with different cultures and races,teaches how to love each other no matter what we look like.Plus it makes the world much more interesting.i am glad its not defined into one of either race.I love them all.
478132
That is because of history.  There were many many court rulings on this.  No matter how small the percentage of black ancestry, the courts considered the person black.  This is a rule from Jim Crow times.  It doesn't make any sense, but in history, that's how things were done.  And the courts had to make such decisions because people had different rights depending on if they were black or white (before constitutional amendment).  For example there used to be laws against white & black people marring.  \nThe rule that mixed kids are considered black started in slavery, of course, any child born to a slave was a slave, even if the father was white.  This was done purposely, even, (without the women's consent most of the time).
953731
Why can't we make the "N" word powerless for our generation and from now on. It's been a long time now since the slave days.  Let take the hurt out of it, after all the origin of the word is the spanish word for black.
861964
You have just pointed out and responded to one of the most popular and solicited questions of the century!  It goes to show you what kind of nation of people we are, and how really confused we can be. There really is no such thing as "acting black or white" - the reference is only made toward races when it seems each has somehow consumed and metamorphised the ways and actions of the other.  It's like saying that a person's character or personality has to be all or nothing....not true.  The accusation is what people try to limit each other to. No other race or culture of people display such silliness as we do.  You just do you,.
66395
I never heard blacks call white people the C word, iam black and to me its sound corny and it lacks any power to it, unlike the N word.
434027
i think most people are not aware when they say things like this, and maybe some stuff is partly true, like "blacks are better dancers / singers". i believe that those who really mean ALL blacks / whites usually say so: "all whites are ..."
311724
This is where we must respect the race of people. I mix around with alot of different races. We can criticise our own race, make jokes about it but we have got to treat the other race with respect.\n\nIt's like your own house, you can scold your brother or sister maybe even your parents but you'd never give an outsider the same allowances. \n\nTell it straight to your son, for one race to joke about certain words, we must give them allowance but we cannot afford ourselves the same liberties.\n\nKids always want logical explanations but as an adult, we know thats how life is, some things cannot be explained in black and white.
854218
I agree with you somewhat....its confusing of how white people should address them: black, colored or african american? All the political correctness is really confusing.
236396
First not all African Americans are offended when he/she is called black. Some people are sensitive and some people are not. Realizing that some people have a problem with that shouldn't be the first thing that is noticeable. There are some Caucasians that have a problem being called White Breed. Everyone has there reasons and no matter what that's the way some people are. \nThe biggest question is will racisim every be concored? That's a never ending thing because yet again everyone thinks different, the thing about that is don't take it so personal.
1033995
From my own experiences, when we use it it has more of a friendly meaning. When others use it, most of the time it's used in a derogatory way.\n\nIMO I don't think anyone should use it, black or otherwise.
856720
Funny, I thought about that too. Not only are there people of European descent in Africa but most north Africans (Berbers and Arabs) are classified as 'white' too. I wish we could get rid of all the racial labels and just be HUMAN. Also, some East Indian and Native Americans are as dark as or darker than 'black' people. Racial labels are stupid.
135659
What an obtuse question!\n\nSimply because that word was used by certain people precisely <as> a term of offense to describe 'some other people'.\n\nYour question would have much more validity if it were "why did white people decide to use that word as a term of offense in the first place?"\n\nYes we know that black people use the word within their own community, just as gay people use the word 'queer'. But that doesn't change the fact that the word was first given currency as a deliberate insult.
773424
You have to go back in time a little. Pre slavery days. Before there were any black people in North America. There were the Native Americans. We called them "red man" They called the invaders "pale face" "white man". But you have to remember. That the black man coined the term themselves. They didn't like being called Negro. So they insisted themselves that they were "black". There's your origin of the black man. The white man didn't give him that name. He did it to himself. \n.