A racial question?

Question

How many people do you know of your same race, call people of another race, a racial slur when not around anyone of that particular race? For example… how many white people call black people the “n” word when only around other white people? The reason I ask this is because of another question someone else asked about a half hour ago. Just makes me curious how many fake people are out there. Please include all races… my own answer to that. I’d say 1:7 black people I know uses racial slurs.

Answer 1

Thats a good question, and its also a tuffy. I personally don't know too many racial slurs. I don't know if thats cause i'm out the loop or the way i was raised, but i often times think about race and generalize. My Best friend is White and My wife is White. and we all generalize around each other at times. And we all generalize about our own races at times as well. As far as us using a ligit racial slur, none of us do. I also don't hear many black people use an "outright slur" but i have definitly heard some negative things and generalizations about another group from them. I think its more of an issue of HOW OFTEN are you bashing and generalizing. And what the real level of hate that is in your heart. I persoanlly feel that there should be some words excluded from peoples vocab. But its still a heart issue. And if anyone says that they never generalize, then your a liar.

A 90 yr old white man who still calls blacks "******" may be a lot nicer then a young white man who hates blacks although he never uses the N Word.

Answer 2

I know many white people who use racial slurs when around just family or friends. They are a little more cautious around me because I will jump all over them for any comment they make, but they still "slip" (as they call it). It has nothing to do with slipping. It has to do with the fact that they are racist! It is that simple! (

The kicker is that they have no real reason to be! My husband's grandmother says it isn't her fault that she feels that way because of her age. I say, people can change! My husband's best friend says it and his only reason is that "it's true." What makes him think it is true (referring to use of "n" word)? He can't come up with an answer! There are dozens more people I can recall right now that I see on a regular basis (not my friends but family or husband's friends, unfortunately) that are racist. There is no other word for them.

My guess is that there are many many white people who are "closet" racists. They only come out and show THEIR true colors when the group they are biased against aren't around. I also live in a rural part of Texas, and location probably makes a difference too.

Answer 3

I know I lot. Personally, I never use racial or ethnic slurs intentionally. White people will be polite and civil to blacks, BUT, some of them will never change their old attitudes in private. I know one man that absolutely comes unglued if he see anyone with a dark complexion in his house. This could even be a dark East Asian. As to the "n" word, it is used in the name of some common objects where I grew up and we have had to change the names of them out of "politically correctness". If I have my science correct, Mankind originated in Africa, so we can all proudly call ourselves Afro-Euro-American-whatever, I guess! So what is the point to all this name calling? There is really only one race and that is the Human Race.

Answer 4

Nobody should be calling anybody any sort of racial slur, whether they are of the same race or not. It's ignorant. And nobody is forcing you to accept or put up with it. If black people that you know call each other names and it bothers you, then say so, or at least show your disapproval. Otherwise, you are just contributing to the problem with your silence.

Answer 5

I was taught at a very young age to not use derogatory racial words, so now it actually really bothers me to hear it. In fact, my entire family growing up was highly respectful of other races and cultures, so it was expected for all of us to be sensitive to other people.

What I find interesting is that I've heard more racial slurs, regarding their own race, come from minorities than I have whites. (This is my personal experience and I recognize it is not the case everywhere.) In fact, I'm married to a "minority" (I truly think that is a stupid word) who is hispanic and I'v routinely heard her and her family use derogatory words when referring to mexican immigrants and whites.

I know that everyone has different perspectives, but this has been my experience...

Answer 6

I have never used a racial slur, sometimes I hear one that is uncommon on TV or wherever and I don't even know what it means and someone will have to explain why that was an insult.
If I need to insult someone, it's based on their personality and I use it freely and to their face- or the computer screen(for example-"wifey" is a racist a**hole). I couldn't say the ratio of people I know that use slurs, because I don't know. I really only "hear" them on Yahoo.

Answer 7

Personally I do my besy to avoid racial slurs of all types at all times, and I am uncomfortable around people who do use them, even if it is a slur used between people of the same race about their own race.

Answer 8

Only 2 of my friends use racial slurs and they're mostly directed towards Navajos.... I don't really hang out with too many people so I don't know... out of my friends I think that is like a 1:12 ratio. (Most of my friends work in social work or at DES or run group homes and I work for a child psychiatrist so they tend to be more politically correct) I don't know if that answers your question or not.

Answer 9

When everyone realizes that there is only one race ( the human race); there will be no need to attempt to identify anyone by derogatory means. I happen to be of mixed decent and proudly proclaim this. Why should I not feel sorry for those that know no better. We are all different breeds of the same race like the animal world for instance poodles and pit bulls they are breeds of the same race.

Answer 10

Seeing as most white people aren't out just looking for a fight, or they don't want their throat cut or a bullet in their @ss. I would say none. Black people call us names within earshot because we just don't care, none of the words are that offensive. I just don't care, the people I know have better things to think about. Like working and supporting a family and so on.

My step dad would call black people slurs and they never did anything.