2007-04-23 23:34:40 · 42 answers · asked by Ste B 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Ste, I don't think it's one bit offencive to be honest! I think it means 'your white' which indeed I am so why would that offend me!
Thanx mate "I' am a honky!"
2007-04-24 00:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by EMA 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have been a white person for a long time now and no one has ever called me a honky. I have been called a honky tonk before but I stopped wearing that dress. I have no idea what honky means, whether it has any historic connotations or whether it is generally accepted in slang as being insulting to white people because, like I say, no one has ever said it to me. My best friends when I was growing up were black and I have always worked with black people and have never heard the word beyond the confines of Starsky and Hutch.
2007-04-23 23:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I must admit to never having been called 'honky' Its something from the 70's isnt it? I'm not even sure what it means
2007-04-23 23:37:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not offended , amused !
Obviously people who use it do so to offend or else there would be no point to it . It really is a nothingness word & as such totally irrelevant !
Like all words used to offend , treat it with the contempt it deserves , more important issues to be concerned about !
2007-04-23 23:40:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We shouldnt be using racial terms like this to define people. Its a double standard, it seems other racial groups feel its ok to call one group of people *onkys or *rackers and the public accepts that. If someone was to call another non-white group of people a name its considered a racial slur and you could end up in serious trouble. So if you are white, the public isnt outraged by racial slurs towards you but if you are of another race then, WOW the *hit will hit the fan. Its a double standard..I feel the word *onky IS a racial remark and it should not be tolerated in our society.
2007-04-23 23:45:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tell me what it means and I'll tell you. To be honest I really don't get offended by racist remarks. I feel sorry for the person that they have to stoop that low and feel that the issues lie with themselves. I see it that we all have to try and llive together in this life so we may as well be pleasant to each other and open minded.
2007-04-24 04:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats what my little boy says when an eighteen wheeler beeps is horn. "daddy big truck go honky"...its a word ...insecure people get offended by words....no
2007-04-23 23:48:02 · answer #7 · answered by daddio 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I dont, I remember that word from the old tv show "love thy neighbour" it was very funny and I too recently watched Rising damp, that is so funny, but NO way would that be allowed on tv now. Its a shame, as it is just harmless banter.
2007-04-23 23:38:49 · answer #8 · answered by looby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just rang my hubby at work to ask him if he knows wot a honky means he had no idea hes black im white lol xx i know wot it mean but people used to say that time ago lol
2007-04-24 00:11:56 · answer #9 · answered by LISA T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only insecure people can be offended by words that describe their race by other races, You will find 95% of whites don't care because they wouldn't want to be any other color. Little words can't hurt beauty.
2007-04-23 23:48:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋