Is the term "mulatto" derogatory?
474037
It's not offensive at all
849573
Absolutely!  Anytime someone refers to another based on physical appearance due to features inherent to a persons race, color or greed, it is racist.  The only feature that should be taken into consideration is whether his fastball is blinding and whether his curve ball drops off the table!!
928972
Jesse Jackson has a point.  By black-media's (not all of course) insistence on adopting the term in order to (fill in whatever justification you have heard over the years) they have basically stripped away the true negative meaning of the word.   It's just a word that non blacks think is a "term of endearment" among blacks.  While that couldn't be further from the truth it does make clear the fact that African Americans do have some measure of control of how the world views us.  Personally I feel that rap artists and black comics share a major role in this.  These are the two main groups that are capable of influencing our young ones.  If no one was using the word in the first place a person wouldn't be able to play off their racial outbursts as just using the words they have heard used.  \n\nUnfortunately this goes way beyond just the use of a word.  The negative aspects of black culture gain far more attention then the positives.
50200
It is one think to use a derrogatory term to describe a person...but it is another to call something what it is.  If I see a cat it's a cat not a feline-mammal.\nAmericans have offended people for so long, I guess they are finally tying to fix their screw up.  But they've ended up making the situation worse.
1069288
Dont know , but FYI  the term JAP is also considered  somewhat derogatory
930744
like, i call myself a cracker all the time.  yeah, i know, it's a bad word, but so is the n word.  but see, if a black person who i ddin't know called me a cracker, i'd feel half insulted, half about to laugh.  it'd depend on how he/she said it and what they said afterwards.  if it was someone i knew tho, they could hella call me a crakka anytime and i'd totally laugh along with it.  but even if they called me that, i'd still be apprehensive to call them the n word, just b/c of how other folk might react to it.  unless he called me a cracker immediately before or after and others around could see that it's all in good fun....and i wouldn't do it around kids, don't wanna set a bad example to them.
901632
Technically, its not a racial term. It is just a term blacks used to identify whites who were abusive. Since it carries emotional hatred, it became a pseudo racial epithet but to be honest it is pretty weak and silly. It's basically using an old slang that meant "racist" as a racist term. See the problem?
12904
a derogatory word becomes offensive only when it is intended to be offensive.  This is why, I believe, "nigger" can be used by african-americans, but not by whites.  This is why my african-american student Antoine could call my white student Grace "my nigger", but Grace would have a more difficult time calling Antoine "my nigger"\nIt's all about context, connotations, and sensitivity (or insensitivity) to feelings.\nThis is also why this program turned the "n" word into a series of asterisks, rather than allowing my original post to go unedited.  The word is too commonly used in an offensive way, so even though I'm not trying to be offensive, it still won't let me use the word.
1056267
i'm samoan.  full.....but my daughter is afakasi.  i don't really think of it as a derogatory term.  and i don't think most samoans do either. its just a word to describe what ethnicity u are.  saying your afakasi just tells people u have more than 1 ethnicity.  at least thats the way i look at it.  but i can also understand how that could be hurtful also.  u can either look at it as a positive or a negative.  for me i'd wanna feel proud of all my nationalities.
1114950
Yes, You are racist. And who cares about the word??? If they want to use it , let them. It is derogatory for a white person to use it...And ,in my mind, It's derogatory for a black person to use it too. but, like I said...If they do...Who fucking cares? People say a lot of things I don't like...I don't lose any sleep over it.
883781
your right people take offense to those words but depends who you tell them to.I personally take offense when someone calls me "honey,baby,sweety" because it just bugs me.yet i call my bf gringo and redneck all the time and he laughs it off.i guess some people are more sensitive than others.and your right people have a right to defend their way of life and family but think it goes both ways.people against illegal immigration feel they are defending their way of life and family,while those who are in favor of illegal immigration also feel they are defending their way of life and family.though it always bugs me whenever both sides pull out the race card.I would think in this time and age when so many people are mixed that not many people would pull out that card or that it would loose any real push behind it,but guess I am wrong.white no longer should be associated with middle aged rich guys because there are people who are latino and european who are also white complected.both sides need to just put the race card in a little box and bury it somewhere and just deal with this issue without the name calling or childish bickering.
1015002
Because whites used it as hate during slavery and segregation in the 1960's and probably some still do. Did you see the movie Malcom X he said he was call Nigger so much he swear it was his name. The word was use in our generation and not looong ago. So any whites who use it would be seen as racist because it was why they used the word, to insult them. For white to use it also will mean it okay to call someone offensive names.
324410
I didn't know that calling your mother "big mama" could be considered a racist remark.\n\nI don't understand why that is racist.  Mean, I could understand.  Racist, I don't.\n\nI also don't see why it is such a bad thing to call your mother big mama if she is big.  It might be a little disrespectful, but that also depends in the relationship a person has with his/her mother.\n\nAlso, is calling your mother "big mama" in private not a racist remark?\n\nI'm so confused!!!!!!
516343
it sounds like it's only racist if you try really hard to make it be.  But I don't think most people would think it was...unless of course the context of the phrase is in a racial matter.
830825
Well, I don't know about that but in Chicago it doesn't happen that way. But a lot of people just joke around with those words, because of the rap music and everything. All I know, is that nobody should be called that word based on their skin color. N*gger refers to a ignorant, dirty person and from my experiences anybody can be ignorant and dirty regardless of race.
476723
Not very many. I had a very old aunt from Alabama, who often said Nigra, and she wasn't being nice. Other than her, Nobody in my family uses the word. (1 out of 37) But I'm glad that kids use it now, because it will soon be a word like 'yankee'. That was a terrible thing to call a white person in the south, until they won the world series several time, and the word changed it's connotation. But, a rose by another name smells as sweet. And pretty soon some bigot will find a new slur.
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.