Racist or not?...you make the call.

[Skipbidder]

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I find that like the term "nigger-rig"

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What does this term mean?

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I've also heard the term be used as the less offensive "jerry rig"

It basically means that you fix or make something using spare or random parts. For example. Say your car broke a belt. Well instead of getting a new belt you decide to tie together some socks, wire, and glue to make a new belt. It is much like being McGuyver.

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Something can be jury-rigged or jerry-built. You are talking about jury-rigged with the MacGyver stuff.

Jerry-built is just plain badly made.

[LittleOldLady]

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I find that like the term "nigger-rig"

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What does this term mean?

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I've also heard the term be used as the less offensive "jerry rig"



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The word is jury-rigged, and it's a reference to rigging procedures on sailing vessels. Why that should in any way be even the slightest bit offensive, I have no clue.

"Jew me down" is, however, offensive. It does stereotype a minority, and saying that one did not intend to be offensive is not a defense. Insensitivity and lack of awareness do not earn people points.

This reminds me of an incident in the Netherlands. I was up in Friesland with a Dutch friend of mine (from the Brabant in the south of the Netherlands). We had just parked the car, when a gentleman approached us and said that parking was a guilder (about fifty cents at the time) cheaper down the block. As he got back into the car, my friend started in on how cheap and stingy the Frisians are, and I said, "But, Jack, YOU are moving the car."

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I find that like the term "nigger-rig" You would never use it in front of a black guy, but if you did he would only be, at the most, minorly irriatated

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please use it in a sentence and find me a black person who would only be minorly irritated.

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Can we please use the politically correct term

"African American Engineer" something

Last time I checked Jewish wasn't a race.

It's sterotypical.

[ilya]

are you serious?! of course that's racist! anyone who says that non-ironically is almost certainly never setting foot inside my house or getting any business from me.

[Landon_McFly]

I think that the best play here is after the guy says that, just make a face like u farted. He knows what he said was racist, and if you don't give him any positive feedback he'll probably feel like a douche, and second-guess it before he ever says it again [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[chesspain]

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He knows what he said was racist, and if you don't give him any positive feedback he'll probably feel like a douche, and second-guess it before he ever says it again [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Actually, I believe that the majority of the time these individuals didn't think they were saying anything racist or inflammatory.

[antidan444]

Racial stereotypes = racist the vast majority of the time, especially in non-joking situations.

[Brainwalter]

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Racial stereotypes = racist the vast majority of the time, especially in non-joking situations.

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If someone said this I would assume they were probably joking. I can't remember ever hearing someone say something like this and actually mean to imply that they believe jews are cheaper than gentiles.

[ClaytonN]

Since "Jew", politically speaking, is sort of a not 100% race because it's also a religion, this is on the border of racism.