November 28, 2004

Deep Thought

If a racial slur (fill in the blank as there is no need to use examples) is now racist to use, was it always racist? Or was it, at one time, just insensitive to use but not racist?

My outlook on it is that any racist slur/epithet is/was/always will be racist. But I have met people who feel that, at a previous time, the same slurs were just insensitive but didn't indicate racism. I have to be honest in saying that I don't understand this line of thinking. Despite the popularity of those words, racism is/was racism.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Racism causes people not to grow although they do not realize it. Every culture is unique and God loves them as much as he loves you. The ultimate paradox is a racist who likes to browse National Geographic magazine and finds other countries/cultures interesting but would not want to meet them in person socially.