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Canadian, please! - 2008/02/08 14:08 I know racists and I've never heard them say "Canadian" as a euphemism.

The weirdest one I've ever heard was "Scooby Doo" for black people because Scooby was dark brown.

I think that's clearly a local thing and I don't think it'll ever get national attention.

If anything, I think Penn might have made things worse by telling people about it.
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Re:Canadian, please! - 2008/02/10 17:50 Penn surprised me by saying there's already a C-word. I'm more worried that there are actual Canadians.

But it's well-known that widely-known racial slurs do more harm to the speaker than the target. This seems like an obvious countermeasure. Using super-vague terms like "those people" or "certain types" is so well-worn that it touches all the same nerves, and you can't use those phrases to refer innocently to African-Americans the way you can for, say, D&D players or college graduates.

One time, long ago, I had a meth-head neighbor who was always talking about "bruthas" trying to jump him, and he weighed down the word "brutha" with a lot of "you know what I mean" body language so I knew what word he really wanted to use.
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Re:Canadian, please! - 2008/02/10 23:32 A lot of people that are racists are exactly the same as the stereotypes they despise.

A lot of the people that talk about a certain group being lazy are actually lazy themselves. They don't see it in themselves, but they see it in others.

I personally find racism in this time period to be hilariously ridiculous. Actual racism like that entire Jena situation is buried in the news until it boils over, but Michael Richards saying "nigger" or Don Imus saying "nappy-headed hoes" grabs national attention instantly.

We're so quick to call "RACIST!" on the most petty, inconsequential shit, but the actually horrible stuff is avoided like the plague.

And racism, while still around, is mostly dead. I only know a few racists and they're old. It's just the way they were brought up to think. It doesn't make it right in the least, but you do have to be taught racism. I'm glad it never caught on with me.
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