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

[chesspain]

Joe Tall's recent post got me thinking about how racism is often inferred by the context in which one might use racially offensive or insensitive phrases. On more than one occasion up here in lilly-white New Hampshire, I've had patients say the following anti-semetic phrase in the context of a normal conversation such as:

Yeah, I met with the guy who responded to my ad about the truck for sale, but he tried to Jew me down on the price...

[Claunchy]

I voted racist just because I don't really see how you can argue that it's not racist at all, but it's the Diet Coke of racism if anything. This statement wouldn't jar me or cause me to speak out.

[istewart]

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it's the Diet Coke of racism

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Just one calorie, not racist enough!

It's quasi-racism.

It's the margarine of racism.

[slipoker]

It's a racist figure of speech, that even if used does not imply that the person who is using it is racist. I've said it before, I know many people who've said it before, and I don't believe that it makes you a racist person. Maybe not the most politically correct person, but yeah. The statement is racist.

You have a doctorate in psychology and you need to ask this question?

[chesspain]

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You have a doctorate in psychology and you need to ask this question?

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If I only wanted my opinion I'ld just poll myself.

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You have a doctorate in psychology and you need to ask this question?

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If I only wanted my opinion I'ld just poll myself.

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Generally, in these matters, those are the best polls, or at least the only ones that make a difference.

[-Skeme-]

What about gipped? I said that in class once and my teacher flipped her cookie. "I don't wanna hear you say that in my class room ever again!" I reply with a confused look, "I said gipped not japped." She wasn't amused.

Is it like.. a disrespectful term against.. gypsys?

[Skipbidder]

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What about gipped? I said that in class once and my teacher flipped her cookie. "I don't wanna hear you say that in my class room ever again!" I reply with a confused look, "I said gipped not japped." She wasn't amused.

Is it like.. a disrespectful term against.. gypsys?

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Yes, "gyped", from Gypsy (Roma).
Few people who use it know the origin, and some others argue for a different etymology.

She played this one wrong. It was a teaching moment, not a flipping-out moment.

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If I only wanted my opinion I'd just poll myself.

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tee hee. <font color="white"> think about it </font>