When minorities describe someone who is white do they generally say "She is white", or would they say...?
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Edit:  the ***s are w-e-t-b-a-c-k \n\n\nI don't see anything racist about it at all.  \nSome people just happen to be pickier about things than others.  For instance, an asian friend of mine once said "chinky-eyed," referring to being stoned, and of course it made me laugh, but I've had no qualms about saying it in front of asian-americans since; in the same instance, I've had someone tell me that if I said that in front of....I dunno, maybe he said asian groups in L.A. or something....I'd get my a$$ shot off.\nI have a hispanic friend who used to live on the north side of town near a predominantly hispanic elementary school.  One day she said, "Aww, look, all the little beaners are getting out of school," and mentioning how cute they were.  Since I've grown up with many hispanic people, I don't really watch my mouth about saying things like "beaner" and "wetback," because it's just a way that "WE" describe different people of the same ethnic origin.  Again, in this same token, I had a neighbor with a strong chicano accent & hispanic upbringing say, "hell yeah, I'm a beaner!  I love my beans & rice!"  And also, you have Carlos Mencia, with his show on Comedy Central (and 'The Original Latin Kings of Comedy') who will willingly say "beaner" and "wetback" without consequence.\nHave you ever heard black people refer to their children as "niglets"?  So, then, why is it so wrong for ME to say the same thing?\n\nDon't get me wrong, I won't go around shooting my mouth off to people that I don't know.  But if someone is comfortable enough in front of me to use these words, why should I not feel just as comfortable saying them in return?  In the case of my mother's husband...I don't say 'beaner' or 'wetback' as often as I would with friends.  He's FROM Mexico, now a US citizen, blah blah blah.\n\nI think it's all in interpretation, as far as saying "that black guy," or "that white girl."  Obviously, SOMEONE would be totally taken aback and/or offended if you went around saying "that nig**" or "that cracker" over there.  But then again, if it had become commonplace in the last 50-100 years & were not seen as derogatory these days.....it wouldn't be quite so shocking, now, would it?  :-)
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They pretend coz they don't want to be called racist. Coz that makes you feel bad when people say that. My friend called me racist once and i got so cut. So yeah no one wants to look like a predjudice pic. Yeah that's why. Also some people feel sorry for blacks coz they know that they get treated different. Yup that's the most honest answer your gonna get. By the way all you people saying she is rasist and all that I think yous are correct but that's kinda slack. Its her opinion and she should be able to express it and question it. hmph....
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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.
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"You are the white-est black girl I know"\n\nWTF does that mean?  Does that mean that she expected me to speak "ebonics"?  Does the mean she expected me to not be up on current events?  \n\nI guess stereotypes are VERY real. (sigh)
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If you're white and this is your question, then is this case: yes.
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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 ..."
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i JUST REALIZED THAT WHEN i AM TALKING TO OTHER BLACK PEOPLE I SAY I'M LACK OR REFER TO OTHERS AS BEING BLACK. WHEN I AM TALKING TO OTHER RACES I SAY AFRICAN AMERICAN. I THINK I DO THIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEGATIVITY SURROUNDING BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FORM OF STEREOTYPES...AFRICAN AMERICAN MAKES IT SOUND LIKE WE ARE SUMEPNE SPECIAL TO THOSE WHO MAY THINK OTHERWISE.  ALSO I GREW UP IN CHICAGO AND IT IS MORE COMMONLY SAID THERE...
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Most people use race as an additional descriptors.  You can say "Do you know Joe?" but the person you are speaking to may know 50 Joe's.  So if you add their race it usually narrows down the number of Joe's someone might know.  Is this a bad thing?  It can be but I think most people do it out of pure innocence.
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When they are used as a put-down regarding the person/race they are referring to.
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Hi,\nI guess the correct term when referring to people from Spain would be to call them Spaniards.  But I think its also ok to use 'the Spanish' when referring to them collectively.\n:-)
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I'm black (don't get fooled by my avatar) It depends on whose saying it and how they are saying it. If someone says it to me and really means I'll assume they're rasist. If it seems to be all in fun then I take it as a joke.
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White  (Anglo can have different meanings.  In Canada it means you speak English)\n\nBlack (Sorry, but you can't be African and American unless you have dual citizenship.  Otherwise everyone has to be called by their origins...In that case, I'm not white:  I'm Irish-Scottish Canadian, myself.)\n\nHispanic or Latino are equally fine.\n\nNative American.  (Because they're the only ones who actually are Native to this Continent.)\n\nAsian.
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I guess I should be called then African German?  Never heard that one before.  But I don't mind either African American or black, I usually use black.  I don't know what the big problem is for white people to call us black?  We call you white (even though you are more light-pinkish) and we are not really black but different shades of brown, so what's the big issue?\nWhite people, it is not a crime to say "Black" or "African American".  Just don't call us "Colored" people, we are not in the 60s.  That's all.  I always have to laugh when white people look at me and ask me, is it ok if I say "African American" or black.  Please, come on, do black people really get upset about that?
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You realize that there is a whole section of American society that says "y'all" or "getter done" or even "howdy". Why have you not asked why SOME white people say and sound the way they do as well? Asking a well rounded question like that would take the racist edge off of your perfectly fine question.
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Ok, I won't call you white. But personally, I don't mind. Call me white, caucasion, European, Italo-German, cracker, whitey, albino. It doesn't matter to me, and people who get all tied up in that (especially people to whom skin color was an advantage in the past) are just silly.
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This is actually a pretty touchy topic.\nMexican is what everyone else has mentioned...for Mexican nationals.  This does not include Mexican-American folks because they are actually American as in U.S.A.\nHispanic was the term used by the "white" man as in inclusive word for all central and south Americans...including Brazil.  Hispanic for "hispano" which was a word in the spanish language.  Hispano meaning from Spanish as in Spain descent.\nLatino was the word to sort of rebel from the Hispanic word because it was more pertaining to the central and south Americans.  Latino because those parts of the world many considered to be Latin America and their spanish is considerably different from the castilian spanish from Spain.\nIn order to answer your question, to whom are you referring?  If you know where the people or person is from, use their nationality term (peruvian, venezuelan, etc).  If you don't, use Hispanic or latino, they are used interchangably and most folks are used to both terms.  But I think most would prefer Latino.
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Sound caucasian to me