is 'lynch' a racial term?
960844
If you use it in a racial overtone....or threat.\nBut if you are using it as a statement in the mix of joking around...I see no harm..but the fine line is not using as a joke by using a specific race in the joke.\nIt really depends on the person....recieving the word....some people are so sensitive it's pitful.
501475
Do you mean something like tribal?  Or perhaps continual?  How about denial, subliminal and sublingual?
1118685
interesting question.  i remember once when i was in college, i was talking to a friend of mine with whom i had just finished an african american studies course.  the friend  was black.  i was talking about the impact that the course had on me, and made some generalized statement about african american culture.  my friend was quick to point out that he wasn't african american - he was jamaican.\n\nblack is a race, much like white, asian, or indian.  blacks can be african - american, jamaican, haitian, brazilian, nigerian, or some other nationality.  i'd say this is comparable to the way whites can be australian, irish, or american.  i think that the term african-american, however, refers solely to the descendants of slaves who were born in and live in this country.\n\nso, to answer your question, i doubt any west indians take offense to being considered black.  they probably would take offense, however, to being called african american.
312212
Your question is a strange one. Are you asking because you want to get in on calling blacks niggers?\n\nI can only tell you why it's not ok for me. First, the word is offensive and was created and used by bigots as a means to express their hatred toward blacks and destroy their esteem. The person using it is assuming a position of superiority over the person that they are directing it to. Second, there is no way to use the word nigger lovingly. To use it is to tell the other person that they are subhuman, the lowest, dirtiest, most worthless piece of crap that you have ever laid eyes on. There is no racial slur that can compete with it.\n\nTo use it as a white person is to subscribe to hatred. To use it as a black person shows profound ignorance (of the history and meaning of the word). Imagine kids who were born to a single mother. She resents the kids and calls them bastards all the time and beats them. Then one day the kids all get out of this bad situation and grow up to have kids of their own, and grandkids, and so on. Three generations later, all of the members of this big, extended family refer to each other as "bastard".  They adopted the hateful slur that was used by their oppressor in order to destroy their esteem to define themselves - anyone in their right mind would think that they were crazy.\n\nIf you hate black people, think they are scum, and believe you are superior to them, by all means, use the word nigger.
854177
Only to those who support illegal immigrants think it's a racist term. I think it's a load of BS - I don't care WHERE they're from - I expect anyone who makes the choice to move here to follow our laws. I haven't figured out why that makes me a racist.\n\nAs to your hypothetical question, there are a lot of people who would STILL call you a racist. Personally, if someone breaks into my house, I believe in shoot first, ask later - and I don't care if they're brown, pink, green.....
393988
its an word that many racial supremacists from the majority group use to defend themselves by going on the offensive and implying that the traditional victims of racism, like blacks, latinos and other minorties are racists also.
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!!
841318
The answer is no, however, you'll be surprised to know the only ones that do come under that category are Latinos,  (part of the equal credit opportunity government compliance, fair housing and home mortgage laws) Ethnicity and race are two different things.\nThese is how they are put together (categorized)\n\nAmerican Indian or Alaska Native\n\nAsian\n\nBlack or African American\n\nNative Hawaiian or Other, Pacific Islander\n\nWhite, Hispanic or Latino ,  Not Hispanic or Latino
450535
OK, first of all, race is all in your head. The differences among members of a so-called "race" are greater than the differences between one so-called race and another. \n\nOn the other hand, racism is very real behavior, even if the differences between races that inspire racism have no scientific basis. In an effort to track the success of government efforts to combat racism, the US federal government has established five official races: \n\n1) American Indian or Alaskan Native\n2) Asian\n3) Black or African American\n4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, \n5) White \n\nThe US federal government also recognizes two official ethnicities: \n\nA) Hispanic or Latino\nB) Not Hispanic or Latino\n\nThe definititions for these groups are found in the first link listed below in the "Sources" section. \n\nNow, if you ask people who they are, they either have a tough time putting themselves in these categories, or they don't. Folks in Hawaii often have such complex backgrounds (Portuguese-Hawaiian-Chinese, for instance), that they just shrug and check a box. If you ask them about it, they might say, "It's just a form. It doesn't have anything to do with who I am." On the other hand, children with one Black parent and one White parent find this kind of form much more difficult. \n\nVery often though, even the folks who are pretty sure they belong to just one of these groups are wrong. Recent DNA research suggests that about one-third of White Americans have some fairly recent African ancestry. The Black population in the US seems to have an even greater degree of European and African ancestry. One study looked for known genes with an African origin in the DNA of Black individuals in the US and found none of them in about 5.5% of their sample of that population. \n\nEach of the categories you list has people whose ancestors came from many different countries. The best way to tell who is what is to ask each individual. The US government used to give pictures of eye and nose shape to its census workers to help them tell the difference among races, which is a ridiculous approach. It is much simpler and accurate to merely ask the person.  That's the best truth you will ever get.
709260
To me, that word does not describe a color, it's the kind of person one can be. Even somebody who is white can be considered a "N". To me, it means a low-life lazy a.s.s. who makes a living off of hard working people because they think the world owes them something because they didn't ask to be born. Hell, if we all thought that way, NOBODY would think they had to work for a living. NONE of us ASKED to be born!
935745
It's not a bad word, just out-of-date -- like Negro.  I think the history of the mulatto experience (especially in the Americas) and the connotation assigned to the word by some of it's users is what upsets people.  As a 'technical mulatta' I'll tell you...I could give a damn.
799586
I wish we didn't have any, but I don't see how pizza got into your list. Why don't we call it NY style, the best in Brooklyn, just cheese please. Now the closest I can get one is Hollywood Beach, FL at Angelo's Corner.\n\nEdit: fatima b, I think I know what you mean but here's the real definition of race; 2nd Definition in the American Heritage Dictionary : A group of people united or classified together on basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: ex. The German race.\n\nEdit2: What is with the thumbs down? I didn't give anyone any.
1095516
I don't know where to find a definition of that, but my fam calls one of my cousins an "urban indian", meaning that she was born and raised in the city and doesn't know too much about her culture.
142052
The word "negro" is Spanish for black.  The word "nigger", which is used to degrade an entire race of people, comes from the word negro.  So, negro is usually frowned upon.  \n\nIn general, white people are not called "blanco", which is Spanish for white.  \n\n"Negro" has a negative connotation and is reminiscent of the days of Jim Crow.
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There are many different ways to use the word "Race".  You could be describing the Human Race, or something as defined as the specific breed of person or animal.\n\nRace is described as follows:\n\nA local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics.\nA group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race.\nA genealogical line; a lineage.\nHumans considered as a group.\nBiology. \nAn interbreeding, usually geographically isolated population of organisms differing from other populations of the same species in the frequency of hereditary traits. A race that has been given formal taxonomic recognition is known as a subspecies.\nA breed or strain, as of domestic animals.\nA distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.
1032417
No. Racism would be if you hate anyone from a particular race of people or if you hate all races except for your own. Racism is based on race-based-hate not on hate in and of itself.
160042
Aryan.\nMost Iranians (as a nationality) are Persians by ethnicity. And Persians belong to the Aryan race ... hence the name Iran, meaning land of the Aryans.