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I am white and prefer to be called White. | 38 | 58.46% | |
I am white and prefer to be called Caucasian. | 7 | 10.77% | |
I am black and prefer to be called Black. | 1 | 1.54% | |
I am black and prefer to be called African-American. | 0 | 0% | |
I am asian and prefer to be called Asian. | 3 | 4.62% | |
I am asian and prefer to be called Japanese/Chinese/etc. | 1 | 1.54% | |
I am asian and prefer to be called Japanese/Chinese/etc-American. | 0 | 0% | |
I am indian and prefer to be called something other than Indian. | 0 | 0% | |
I don't fit into these categories, but I like/don't mind what my ethnicity is commonly called. | 10 | 15.38% | |
I don't fit into these categories, but I don't like what my ethnicity is commonly called. | 5 | 7.69% | |
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07-25-2008, 09:08 PM | #1 | |
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What do you prefer to be called?
Hello.
This stems from a previous thread I made where I expressed my dislike of the term "African-American" in detail, along with other common politically correct racial terms, and was wondering what the general populous thought of them in relation to themselves. In my head, there's no problem with being politically "incorrect", but being from where I am and only knowing what I know, it would be enlightening to find out how everyone feels. My original thread: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=92543 Quote:
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07-25-2008, 09:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
an african american can be white, if you are born in africa and come over to the states you are technically an african american. i think its fine calling them black, its not like you are using the n word.
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07-25-2008, 09:59 PM | #3 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
I'm Asian, but I'm not a chink, so I can't take offense there.
Then you have African-Americans, they use a word meant to be offensive to them among themselves, but when others say it, it's as if it was blasphemy...
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07-25-2008, 11:33 PM | #4 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
I'm white and prefer to be called Caucasian. Being classified by colors is a form of prejudice in my opinion. Classify people by their culture, seems a lot less prejudice.
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07-25-2008, 11:35 PM | #5 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
i like to be call by my name. lol
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07-25-2008, 11:35 PM | #6 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
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07-25-2008, 11:43 PM | #7 | |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
I prefer to be called cracker but whatever.
Taking offense for being called the color of your skin is nonsense imo.
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07-25-2008, 11:43 PM | #8 | |
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Yay, I'm the first of my vote! =D
Honestly, people need to get their Asians right. I don't mind being called Asian, but I do mind if someone accidentally says I'm Korean or something just because most of the Asians here are Korean. I can tell about 99% of the time (by looks) what country an [Eastern] Asian comes from. Funny thing is, the only person that I remember getting wrong is my current best friend.
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07-25-2008, 11:44 PM | #9 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
I am Hispanic. Its funny how you left that one out.
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07-25-2008, 11:47 PM | #10 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
There's a limit to how many poll options you can have...
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07-26-2008, 12:18 AM | #12 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
Really, I don't see any reason to describe somebody by their assumed culture. Just describe them and if it happens to be easy to say "The black guy" in a crowd of white people do it. There is nothing offencive about it at all.
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07-26-2008, 12:40 AM | #13 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
I left Hispanic out because yeah, I was running out of options, and also because I myself am not entirely clear on the "groupings" that the terms Hispanic/Latino/etc have, so I tried to eliminate that confusion by just putting in the "Other" option.
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07-26-2008, 12:48 AM | #14 |
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Ah I get your point. It is hard to group them.
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07-26-2008, 12:49 AM | #15 |
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I do fit into one of the above categories, but still do not care what I am called.
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07-26-2008, 12:49 AM | #16 |
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You should be banned again. Nobody wants to read what you have to say, especially things like that.
I'm white. I'm proud of it. Not racist, I just grew up around black people and Mexicans and I'm proud of my race. I'd rather be called white. I hope I contributed to your thoughts and questions. |
07-26-2008, 12:54 AM | #17 |
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It's kind of pitiful when you get upset over such a small thing. I was trying to be funny.
I'm white, and I'm not racist. I'm sorry that my wording made you angry, rzr, please accept my apology. |
07-26-2008, 12:58 AM | #18 |
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I get your wording, it was just a stupid thing to say. I would have reported it, but I wasn't sure if it constituted as a rude post. Though it could be taken as racist.
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07-26-2008, 01:03 AM | #19 |
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I'm white and like to be called white. thanks =P
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07-26-2008, 01:25 AM | #20 |
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Re: What do you prefer to be called?
I am Caucasian, but I do not care what people call me. I picked the first option though.
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