How does the use of racial slurrs affect children 18 and under??

Question

how does using racial slurrs such as, excuse my french but i have to tell you guys what i mean by racial slurrs (Cracker,niggga,chinks,beaners, etc.,), some kids use these as ways of greeting eachother and playing around but others dont use them at all and are offended by the use of these words, how do you think that this might affect them? i prefer to hear the negative effects. thank you in advance! best answer receives 10 points!

Answer 1

I think with the "social acceptance" of kids greeting each other with these types of words, we are somewhat de-sensitizing the words in general. It becomes unclear to them that the use of such words can be offensive to some people. This can lead to BIG problems in the future... example.. a bunch of young white boys hanging out playing baseball..they say to each other "what up my n..ga.." because they've heard it used by the "cool" older boys or even comedians on television. They then go out in another setting where there are black people present and proceed to say the "n" word..not meaning it in a harmful way, but it gets misinterpreted..thus causing a problem. They don't even know what they did wrong. I think that any derogatory words such as :
"n",cracker,beaner,chink,etc. should not be used even in jest or between friends, it just initiates problems in the future. People are people regardless of race, and should be treated that way.
I mean why is it socially acceptable to call people fatso, retard, dike, gay, as well? I have raised my children to be nice to everyone, never name call, etc. if more parents did this then maybe the world would be a better place.. JMO

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I had to change the word s*ic to beaner, and f*g to gay because yahoo automatically starred it out, but left chink, cracker dike,fatso,etc....why leave those derogatory words and not the others??? Food for thought.

Answer 2

My cousin was surrounded by racial slurs my whole life and used to combat them as a nine-year old. He is now nineteen and believes them to be true and has blocked out the times he would as why that black person was bad and was called "the bad name". Children are susceptable to learning anything and everything their exposed to repeatedly.

Children of abusers turn into abusers themselves for this reason. It is important to understand that all racial slurs are a delicate line to tread. If you are of color and you say that your friend can call you a beaner, are there conditions to when, where, and how. Are these spelt out are or are you expecting someone to just magically know when it is appropriate??

It's like women taking back the word b*tch. We really haven't changed the conitation, because whenever a man is angry the first derogatory term out of his mouth is you b(tch. Does that make sense??

Answer 3

It desensitizes them to names and words that are hurtful to people of other races. Do we really want our young children to go there at such a young age? The ones who are offended were probably raised without being exposed to them and were able to reach maturity and gain informed knowledge about the cruel and prejudiced aspects of these names. I feel that an American who is black is buying into the name by using it on his fellow black American. Similarly, women who use the degrading word reserved for a female dog on each other perpetuates this habit of disrespect. Why should we demand respect for others when we do not respect our own?

Answer 4

Hmmm. I was very affected by that word when I was young. Depends on your enviroment I suppose? I grew up in a predominatley white area and when you are young you just want to be as much like anyone else as possible, so it was very offensive and I was paranoid about racism.

Now I'm a teen and its no longer an issue...I hardly get offended by the word but I wont hesitate when I think someone deserves "it" if you know what I mean.

Answer 5

The affects are negative, I can't think of anything positive. It's particularly confusing for white kids to be taught never, ever to use the N word, but then hear Black using it in their music, movies and comedy routines.
The are other slurs than racial that many groups consider perfectly ok to use; fag, queer, amongst many others, all slurs teach people to hate what they don't know, and don't understand whether that group actually affects them or not.

Answer 6

identifying a group through offensive language isolates the group in question. it can be viewed as either extremely negative and result in the individual rebelling against it or suffering in silence. the other view is that they relate to it and dont see it as the intended negative, but laugh at it (like the sticks n stones scenario).

those that rebel end up in alot of trouble.
those that suffer are the victims of their low self efficacy and this can be worse. being told you are a sub standard human (for instance) can become a self fulfilling prophecy. the more they dwell on it, the more it is made part of the natural psyche.

slurs of any nature should be avoided, whether in jest or not. for after the laughs have died away, the intention remains, and is not lost on anyone.

being called "Honkey", all the time made me hate those that called me that, and I became a racist in the end. thankfully now reformed and blame the individual for stupidity now, and not the race in general. its a case by case attitude now, but the scars remain.

Answer 7

Young minds are very impressionable, and you want the child to develop good traits and respect all persons of race and color. Using racial slurs only teaches the child intolerance and disregard of other peoples feelings.

Answer 8

It teaches the kids that this is an appropriate way to behave, and it isn't. If you see adults doing this around your child, ask them not to. You can't control what happens at school, but if you teach your child at home that this isn't right, then they won't put up with it at school or participate in it.

Answer 9

All i can think of of is they have self belief it particularly is high quality and it will become 2nd nature to apply them. exceedingly in the event that they see their mothers and fathers employing them, it is going to become suited. in the event that they're older and conscious that they are raciest, they might locate different varieties of hatred suited.

Answer 10

You should just talk to your child and tell them thinking that way isn't ok, and why and how it can hurt people.
I would move away from that crap.