Would you be more offended to be **called** the "N" word or be **treated** as such?

Question

I know the latter bothers me a whole lot more. How about you?

Please don't restrict this to just brown-skinned ppl. I want to hear from any ethnic group who have been mistreated due to n-word-type hatred or stereotyping.


Thanks

The whole point of the question was whether this uproar over the "N" word is focusing on the wrong problem.

My apologies for assumingly (and admittedly, prejudicely), omitting whites from the question. Some of you already ignored that bit of racism and weighed in. Thank you.

Answer 1

I've been called a cracker before, but I've also been treated very poorly from black people, and I suspect it's because I am white.

Usually it is worse when I get treated badly AND I am called a cracker, but if a black person just smiled at me and called me a cracker, I would probably smile back.

Answer 2

I am not black, in fact I am white so the best guess I can offer is this. The N-word is used as a general greeting between some people, or in common songs. You can go beyonfd the N-word to include comedy by people such as Carlos Mencia who calls himself a beaner constantly. If these types of words used in no general way other than in humor or as a nondescript greeting were so offensive then they just wouldn't be used this way. ( I dont see many gay people greeting each other "whats up my fag" ) so assuming this I would think being "treated" as the racially charged words were derived from would be the worse of the two by far

Answer 3

I'm not black, and thus far I have been lucky enough to have never have racism directed toward me (I live in a fairly tolerant town where nobody really cares what color you are- it's very nice), so I don't know how valid my opinion can be, but I think it would be much worse to be treated as though I were inferior than to be called a word that implies it. After all, the "n-word" is just a word, and it can't do any harm just by being said.

Answer 4

I'm black and there is no one that can treat me like a N*****. I can choose to act like one especially if the wrong person was to say it to my face then I'd have to beat the living he!! out of them. But I really don't understand why people try to reserve the "N" word for black people. I live around and work with a whole bunch of white people who fit the description.

Answer 5

Neither is acceptable period. And people saying this word has completely gotten out of hand. I'm tired of anybody saying this. Black white blue purple pink it doesn't matter. Why are people still saying this.

Answer 6

I've always felt confident and beautiful so that if somebody used the "N" word around me, which it is now called, I've just thought the people who use profanity and racial slurs are fools with limited vocabularies.

Answer 7

I hate being treated as one. It hurts more and is far more degrading.
If you hate me I'd rather you say it to my face and not treat me like dirt.

Answer 8

Why is there a choice Neither is acceptable.