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I bet you that's not true. Where do you live?

• obviouslygreen 14y ago
  The only reason I'm not going to answer this is that it'd start a pedantic debate that's not worth having. Suffice to say that I have friends who are first-generation immigrants from South Korea, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, and Italy, and none of them are as reactionary about racial slurs as your average white American. Don't bet about things you don't understand. You and I could live next door to each other and have totally different experiences; many of my neighbors are Somali and they'd certainly have mixed interpretations. Basically... it's not as simple as either of us has made it out to be, but it helps no one to turn it into a debate that can't end well.
  • eaurouge 14y ago
    Suffice to say that I have friends who are first-generation immigrants from South Korea, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, and Italy, and none of them are as reactionary about racial slurs as your average white American. Reacting differently to racial slurs is quite different from not giving "a rat's ass about political correctness". Don't bet about things you don't understand. You and I could live next door to each other and have totally different experiences; many of my neighbors are Somali and they'd certainly have mixed interpretations. Exactly. So how do you know how minorities feel about political correctness? Are you basing this on what you've been told? How large is your sample size? How do you correct for people (your first generation immigrant friends) telling you precisely what you want to hear? You should take your own advice and not pretend to know how every member of a diverse group may react to your choice of words.
    • obviouslygreen 14y ago
      I don't pretend to know such a thing. I cite the sample group I have and if you can't figure that out it's your own failure.