My black friends call my black friend Kapanga, who is African, Night Hike, Blacky, Darkness Falls, Midnight, etc. Is this racist if the people saying it are black? (they say it because they are slightly lighter)
2006-12-12 11:31:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
they are nick names and they are his friends
2006-12-12 13:01:11 · update #1
no. its jsut a light hearted joke within the black community about how they all have different tones.
2006-12-12 11:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by defenderof thehumanright 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's racist. But if he's cool with it then it's a'ight. I'm tall 5'10 (I am tall for a 15 yr old girl) and my friends call me Giraffe. It would be an insult if I thought it was offensive, but I call them Midget and Pea Brain so we're cool.
2006-12-12 19:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, you should join the fun by calling him Sambo, lawn Jockey, Spear Chucker, Yard Ape, Moon Cricket, ETC
2006-12-12 20:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am white and I would call her Night Lightning. Then again some call me a racist.
2006-12-12 19:36:47 · answer #4 · answered by Pookie Jenkins 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be considered inter-cultral racism.
It's a tricky thing. Do they mean this as a nickname or are they meaning to insult your friend?
2006-12-12 19:35:07 · answer #5 · answered by shortandsadistic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I call a spade a spade.... if they don't like it they don't have to be around me. If they want to make an issue of it .......so be it. Let the hammer fall.
2006-12-12 19:36:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no be cause their black 2 call dem lighty
2006-12-12 23:00:18 · answer #7 · answered by gangster7928 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they offend your friend then those are offensive nick-names regardless of the skin color of the speaker.
2006-12-12 19:36:57 · answer #8 · answered by buffysummers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, seriously.
2006-12-12 19:34:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racism is thinking one race superior to another. Since they are the same race, it isn't racist. Just rude.
Try to get them to stop. It might hurt his feelings.
2006-12-12 19:34:52 · answer #10 · answered by beelz 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋