Have you ever been subjected to Racial/ Cultural Abuse/ Discrimination?

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Originally Posted by Lyle

....man you bastards complain alot ;)


People try and stereotype me on account of the way I talk everywhere I go. Right here in my home state people ask me if I'm from up north just because I say "On" instead of "Own" eg I say "turn ON the light" and most people here say "turn OWN the light" and if I go up north people figure I'm from a trailer park or something. It's really not that big of a deal.

And as for me being white, I never really have had much of an issue with it with people of other races or whatever. Everyone that is my friend is at heart a good person no matter what color they are, and they are all welcome in my house and at my dinner table, I really don't mind. But I also don't say "I must go out and get a Native American friend because I've never had a Native American friend"...I don't have a quota or anything.

Oh, but don't call me a Yankee....Yankees are the people on "Jersey Shore"

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http://thequickanddirtydirty.com/wp-...uidos_9885.jpg

.....I'm having to restrain myself from punching my computer screen. Thanks POB for giving everyone a visual example of what Yankees look like.

Here's how they act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmLiryM-0Ys


....I do hate them, all of them

LOL, so true story... I live next to that kid Paulie D when I lived in Johnston... I lived in a condo and we parked in the same parking lot. Funny thing is that all my Rhode Island friends don't know who the hell he is but he flaunts himself as "Rhode Island's favorite DJ"... Really? I'm sure he thinks he's the most special boy in the world too... cuz his mommy says so.:LOLATYOU:

There's no helping them. I still can't believe they call themselves "guido's" and they are proud of it!!!

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Originally Posted by Zilla

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

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Originally Posted by Zilla

I'm kind of surprised by that because in my experience we tend to be enamored of the British accent. Like you're built-in celebrities as soon as you step off the plane. You all just sound so... official. That's why your actors are always the ones chosen to play the people in period pieces, no matter what country is being depicted.

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It works well with women but it makes blokes competitive, they've got to try and get one over on you. :)

EDIT: and I don't sound official, I sound like the AC/DC singer after he's just finished a world tour. :)

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I work in a call center and every now and then I get a Brit. Just yesterday I think a Scottish guy called. I wanted to ask the guy for his autograph.

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To somebody tuned into American accents you might think a Scottish one sounds great till you get to meet them and you realise they're a bunch of oat-eating savages. :) Sorry Scottish people, but you are. :) :)

I like the New York accent on women, who all seemed to be really self-conscious about it until I told them I really liked it.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

To somebody tuned into American accents you might think a Scottish one sounds great till you get to meet them and you realise they're a bunch of oat-eating savages. :) Sorry Scottish people, but you are. :) :)

I like the New York accent on women, who all seemed to be really self-conscious about it until I told them I really liked it.

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.....may God help you....yankee women (especially New York and New Jersey) and their horrid grating nagging voices. It's like nails on a fucking chalkboard.

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Originally Posted by Lyle

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

To somebody tuned into American accents you might think a Scottish one sounds great till you get to meet them and you realise they're a bunch of oat-eating savages. :) Sorry Scottish people, but you are. :) :)

I like the New York accent on women, who all seemed to be really self-conscious about it until I told them I really liked it.

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.....may God help you....yankee women (especially New York and New Jersey) and their horrid grating nagging voices. It's like nails on a fucking chalkboard.

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I thought Fran Dresher's accent was pretty hot when I was a teenager.

When I was a waiter at Pizza Hut I had a Scottish family at one of my tables. They wanted some of the most disgusting crap I ever heard of on a pizza, but that's another story. But the father, a late fiftyish guy, called me over by saying 'boy'. I let it go because I figured he probably had no conception of it being a deragatory term used for black men and it wasn't like I could have done anything, anyway. But even still, without knowing that, it's a pretty crappy thing to call a grown man 'boy'.

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Originally Posted by Zilla

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Originally Posted by Lyle

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

To somebody tuned into American accents you might think a Scottish one sounds great till you get to meet them and you realise they're a bunch of oat-eating savages. :) Sorry Scottish people, but you are. :) :)

I like the New York accent on women, who all seemed to be really self-conscious about it until I told them I really liked it.

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.....may God help you....yankee women (especially New York and New Jersey) and their horrid grating nagging voices. It's like nails on a fucking chalkboard.

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I thought Fran Dresher's accent was pretty hot when I was a teenager.

When I was a waiter at Pizza Hut I had a Scottish family at one of my tables. They wanted some of the most disgusting crap I ever heard of on a pizza, but that's another story. But the father, a late fiftyish guy, called me over by saying 'boy'. I let it go because I figured he probably had no conception of it being a deragatory term used for black men and it wasn't like I could have done anything, anyway. But even still, without knowing that, it's a pretty crappy thing to call a grown man 'boy'.

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I hear you... Regardless that's still unacceptable. I'm white but would still take a deal of offense even without the racial conotation. Fact is, we live in a civilized society where that's frowned apon... If I was called, "boy" that would definitly not have my jumping back to their table anytime soon. When addressing a person you don't know... Service being rendered or not... people should still be addressed with a certain level of respect. "Excuse me" or "When you get a second..." would sirfice. Regardless of where you're from, you're still part of the "western world" and should act accordingly. Anything otherwise shows a gross amount of ignorance. You don't need to be "cultured" to be polite. Period.

Yeah "boy" no matter who it's used on is meant to show the social ladder and "boy" is at the very bottom with "son" and "hey you".....hell sometimes people can use the word "sir" to piss you off. I was always taught to use it in a respectful manner but I guess policemen, restaurant managers, department store clerks, etc like using it to try and make themselves feel big and also to draw attention to themselves.

Funny how different countries say stuff that isnt except able in other ones but are in their own. We can say "Go and get fukked!" which is the same as "no way and people out here dont even blink at it!'

'Get fukked' is said in between the things that other people are telling you and its the same as going Ahh harr or Mmmm yeah.

"Ive just won tattslotto"..."Get fukked!"

See it also means - 'I haven't'....you lucky cunt.


So if you come here and someone says get fukked; smile its a funny couple of words.


Oh and fukk off, means, I dont belive you.


Piss off means piss off.

But .. Boy is never good, 'Hey you' isnt ever good. Son on the other hand can be slightly more endearing if said the right way,Its a term of endearment out here more than not, specially 'old son', son of bitch, well son, is sometimes short for well sunshine,It denotes Im older Ive been here longer; in other words listen up heres a favor im about to impart.

There are some males that Scottish man would have said 'boy' to who would instantly make him their boy.

(Its was coming for him, only a matter of time).

Fuhgeddaboutit :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf0ZyoUn7Vk

I told my fiancee and friends I wanted to racially segregate our wedding.

They didn't really warm to it.

I was met with a mixed reception.

Growing up white in LA, I was called "white boy" in every possible variation. Pinche Wedo, Gringo, Cracka, sefid, bekkin something in korean, bute boy in tagalog. I forget the rest.

I was probably jumped maybe 3-4x strictly because I was white in a non-white dominated part of town.

I hate it all really. Race was a big issue growing up but and as a result I have friends from every single nationality and I can socialize with someone from any race. I learned to respect all cultures.