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The Chicago Tribune has deemed that is not offensive to call white people "whitey". It's just a hilarious term to use. It doesn't offend. And after all white people don't deserve any special preferences when it comes to race.

Wow, just wow!

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It's hard to come up with an ethnic slur that has less of a sting than "whitey."

... [defense of Obama's use]

I've got to ask, though. Are there really white people out there so ignorant of history, so unaware of the nuances of language and so threatened by minority grievances that they take genuine umbrage at the term "whitey"?

More a taunt than a threat, the word has no ugly history and hints at no particular stereotypes. It may have been hurled in a menacing fashion in ugly personal confrontations from time to time, but it's never been used to keep a people down, to put them in their place, to rank them as subhuman.

The term "whitey" has no stereotypes? Give me a break.

To be truly offensive, a derogatory term needs to have an ominous context that "whitey" lacks.

Those who take offense are confusing prejudice—which is making negative assumptions about people based solely on external characteristics, of which all races and ethnicities are guilty—with racism, which is prejudice in action.

It requires them to imagine that "whitey" marginalizes, diminishes and therefore harms white people.

And if they're really that dumb, then I guess they deserve to be insulted.

Yes, if "whitey" is that that thin-skinned to be insulted and called a racial slur, they're just dumb.

It seems that in their bandwagon rush to support their candidate, the Chicago Tribune has now allowed racist reporters on its staff.

*shakes head in disbelief*

In other news, the New York Times has published an article by David Duke that that the N word is just fine to call black people. There's no stereotypes implied, Duke said.

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Was this article written by a "Wigger" or a "Upity Negro"?


Posted by: Jack Ripper on June 17, 2008 10:24 AM


"racism, which is prejudice in action."

Affirmative action is legal racism, and definitely "prejudice in action." It stipulates preferences for women (excludes men) and minorities (excludes whites; that is, white men). This "preference" inherently discriminates against those who do not receive the preference.


Posted by: ken pope on June 17, 2008 11:55 AM


Obama surrounds himself with friends who hate "Whitey" but Obama isn't like that? Get real, as my mom always said, "You are judged by the company you keep." Jesse James surrounded himself with bank robbers. Do you suppose ol Jesse was a bank robber?


Posted by: ken pope on June 17, 2008 12:16 PM


The term is intentionally offensive, using race as a pretext (white skin pigmentation). It stereotypes entire groups based on selected historical references..it's no more acceptable that "darky" or "blacky".

"after all white people don't deserve any special preferences when it comes to race"

White people don't deserve any less preference, either. The only person who infers they need special preference could be the person who made the comment above.

The term is likely to be perceived as offensive, due to it's underlying tone. I am utterly appalled at the level of hypocrisy here, in this article. In my own experience and most of the people I talk to in my daily life, they have felt threatened, insulted and vilified by people making such references towards them - especially when the person dishing out this hatred is reeling off historical references in the one breath, and using them for contemporary accusations in the other.

There is simply no excuse for attempting to downgrade the severity of this insult, or try and focus on the victims instead of the perpetrator, should that be the case.


Posted by: william on March 10, 2009 12:24 AM


Dr. Kamau Kambon also refers to "whitey"..I wonder what this paper would have to say about his attempts at using that term to represent an entire race. Specifically, I'd like to know what the paper's view would be on his recommendation that white people be killed. Hitler also started off small, and wrote books..


Posted by: william on March 10, 2009 12:42 AM


"after all white people don't deserve any special preferences when it comes to race"

White people don't deserve any less preference, either. The only person who infers they need special preference could be the person who made the comment above.

My initial comment in the article was sarcasm. You took it literally. Nobody should receive any "special benefit". This country is based on all having an equal opportunity. There is no guarantee of success.



Posted by: Digger on March 10, 2009 02:55 PM


It would be appropriate then to refer to dark skinned people as "Darkies".


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