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A_Good_Boy posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

That's not the same thing at all, because the word little changes the context. If someone said "hey white girl" would you still feel just as insulted? I highly doubt it.

I'm not really sure why you continue to ignore social context and argue a moot point. What you've said above has already been addressed several times. Do you want me to quote them all again?

What have I ignored? I've addressed all your comments while you've done nothing but repeat yourself while insisting that you're correct. There is no social context that makes being called someone a white boy an insult. Being called white is a benign and being called boy is as well. The greater context of the discussion the comment is placed in would determine if that term was being used as an insult, but since the only thing that happened is a bunch of people said "hey" before speeding off, I don't see how you'd determine he was being insulted. He'd have a leg to stand on if he were black, because there actually is social context for black men being demeaned by being called boy, but simply being called black boy would ameliorate that insult as well if there was nothing else to go on.

But sure, go ahead and repeat yourself.

Which is exactly what you are doing and exactly why this thread should not even be commented in. Social context on the entire planet goes waaaay past anything you've experienced in life. Your life experience is not everyone else's.

Asherlee has a point, and it's fair balanced and indicitive of her knowing that she can't speak for everyone. You don't want to concede that point to any degree because you can't let go of your bias.
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