i called a freinds young kid a monkey the other day cos she was been a bit cheeky. she thought i was been racist cos the kid is black but i wasn't, i call my kid who is white little monkey all the time if she is playing up a bit. i mean the kids are not even 1 year old why would i be racist to a baby. Would i be classed as a racist for saying it?
2007-07-24 11:37:28 · 13 answers · asked by steve 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
looks like ur friend just wants to pick a fight over nothing..alot of black people look for things to be pointed out as racist anyway
2007-07-24 11:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Some things are just not tolerated by parents...calling a little black kid a monkey is easily seen as racist
2007-07-24 18:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by Tray B 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not by anyone with a broad experience. It's a common term for amusingly admonishing a youngster of any color.
Sad that things get misunderstood. I hope you've made that person aware of that.
2007-07-24 18:44:33 · answer #3 · answered by hog b 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because the term monkey has been used in a bad way against African Americans.
2007-07-24 18:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by ☆Zestee☆ 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
she may have just taken it the wrong way. if you did not mean anything bad by it, just tell her so. if it's something that upset her just tell her your sorry to have offend her and it won't happen again. if she's a friend of yours, it's not worth losing a friend over.
everyone's culture has issues in it that another culture may not understand or find offensive. If I offended someone unintentionally, I would just simply apologize and respect that persons cultural issues instead of judging.
2007-07-24 18:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by WHOISTHEPUPPETMASTER? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no you are not racist. They just dont know how to take a joke. Or maybe they have been made fun of a lot, and its hard for them to understand what joking actually is.
2007-07-24 18:40:20 · answer #6 · answered by dracanisa 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
background and aberation .... we become sensitive to the things we'r told we should sometimes instead of what we know we should..... and sometimes things are said that arent meant on BOTH sides.... as both sides are part of the same conversation..... in hind site most things are figured out but sometimes hard to say....
If you are good friends or family just eat the crow, appologize and let be known that no hate was meant.... regardless of whos fault or otherwise. :) your karma will prosper for it.
oops.... i didnt mean to say "eat crow"
2007-07-24 18:47:22 · answer #7 · answered by detrich2004 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your friend should have known that a friend would not make a racist remark about her child.
2007-07-24 18:42:00 · answer #8 · answered by Wise@ss 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The prophet SAW specifically asked us not to call any human being by any name other than what was given to them.
If his name was monkey I see no problem what so ever. :)
2007-07-24 18:41:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
"wrong" is subjective. you have to be sensitive to what others may feel before you speak
learn empathy and tolerance.
2007-07-24 18:40:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋