Is this hypocrisy or double standard?

Question

Why is it ok that black people can say ***** to each other but we can't?

So they can hate each other but we can't hate them? Or we can't mean something good, nice, friendly and sympathetic just because we're not their skin color? Doesn't that make THEM racist?

And how do we know people AREN'T racist or discriminatory even if they use the RIGHT word? We can't read somebody's mind, but we can try to figure from context what they mean, shouldn't what they mean be what matters, instead of the word? ("S***" is a bad word, but people say "thats the s***" for something good)

I agree everybody is racist in some way, but if that's true and acceptable, we can't have a white person lose his job for saying the wrong word, while black people have not to my knowledge ever lost a job by slip of tongue( outright unprofessional cussing is not including)

Yes, I don't assume I know the context and intention, and that's exactly my point, we shouldn't say its wrong to use this word any more than any other word, we should understand why a person says things as he's always trying to communicate something (purely for shock and offensiveness is not nice, but no less a form of communication)

Answer 1

This would be a double standard - holding one group (whites) to a different standard of conduct than another group (blacks).
Permitting double standards while expressing sentiments of equality would be hypocritical.

Besides, who says it's okay? Plenty of black people don't like being called that name no matter who says it.

Some black people try to "redefine" the word, much as women redefined the word "b****" from a mean or subordinate female to a strong, no-nonsense woman.
So some black people try to take away the n-word's negative power by giving it positive meanings - referring, not to slaves or subordinates, but those who struggle through oppression and adversity to retain a unique cultural identity and strength. So don't assume you know what people mean/intend when they use the word.

Answer 2

Minorities of all kinds call each other by names not politically correct for anyone not of that race. I know my white friends will handle a friendly "honky" sometimes... also that an extended fam of blacks say ____ and N.A.s say ______. It's just not nice for us to say to them.

As for racism, many people, and well-educated too, will say that everyone is racist in some way. That I can believe. I've been called "color-blind" but I still have a little something against Paris Hilton, and I've never met the little _______. See what I mean?

Answer 3

unlike 60% of the folks i have lived (i mean slept, ate, worked and foughted) by just about every race and color in the world -- i was raised in the mid west and the only time you saw somebody that was not wasp is if they stopped off to get gas. yes, it is very double standard world and i hate to say this but it wll stay that way for many of years to come!!!

Answer 4

oh its totally double standard. just like the guy said about n.a. and blacks having nicknames for each other. its just like a right of passage for black people to be able to use the n word freely. but i refrain from it b/c i thinks its idiotic and shameful

Answer 5

Great question. Unfortunately, in our letigious society nowadays, political correctness wins out to prevent lawsuits.
Sucks, but, hey, so do a lot of things.