Rosie's ching-chong comments

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by skcin

Do you use that term around black people?


Personally, I agree with you that no term is that derogatory towards whites. The worst I've been called is a "white bitch." Was I a little upset? Of course. But I can deal with 1 or 2 isolated incidents.

BUT - your last observation seems to say "well, it wasn't cool but I can see why they wanted to beat the sh*t out of you." I have a problem with this, because if that's the case it could be applied to all situations. Like, if black people robbed my house it would be understandable for me to hate all blacks & call them n*ggers? A lot of people defend their views with stuff like this - "well, this happened to me, so it's OK." And I don't think it is.

Let me clarify that any insinuation of violence is NEVER acceptable, appropriate or understandable unless you are in a position of self-defense. I don't think Sparky's original comment included the "beat the sh*t out of you" part. I was more referring to the comment the Mexican guys made about the minority of whites in the Home Depot. Again, I think what they said was idiotic and inappropriate. However, given the way Mexicans are blatantly discriminated against and looked down upon, especially in racially tense areas like SoCal, I can understand their anger at white people in general. And unfortunately Sparky just happened to be the random recipient of this invective. Accordingly, I don't necessarily agree with the radical African American movement espoused by the likes of Louis Farrakhan, etc... but I do understand why they are so angry at white people. In NYC I can understand the resentment people have for white people who swoop in to gentrify and price out formerly working class ethnic neighborhoods. Again... it's all about the power dynamic, money, politics, etc. that white people symbolize in America...

And if black people did rob and pillage your house, and you started using the "n" word when mentioning black people, I would definitely find that inappropriate and unfortunate. However, you are only human, and you went through something extremely traumatic... so I would understand why you felt this anger, even if I didn't necessarily agree with you.