Colored People

[mikesmalltalk]

About two weeks ago during work, im a host, i was waiting for a black couple to be ready to be sat, the children were playing and were causing a little bit of a disruption but not enough for any problems. The mother grabs her kids and with me being right next to her says " Will you stop embarrising me infront of these gee dee crackers!" Now i personally laughed my ass off when i heard that but i just dont really understand why it is horrible if i call a black person black but if i black person calls me a cracker i cant say crap. i have nothin against black people. If everyone wants to be treated equal 1 of two things needs to happen. Either all racial words/sterotypes need to be dropped immediatly or i think white people should be allowed to say black or colored if black people can say cracker or honkey

I will agree with you that all racial slurs just need to go (won't happen). Personally I could care less what I'm referred to as. Call me whatever you want. On a side note however who are you calling black that gets offended by that? Correct me if I'm wrong but that's not racist?

Im not saying anyone in general but i have seen circumstances such as in school or at work were we werent allowed to say black. i call black people black because thats what they are. If people start calling me a greek american ill call them whatever ethnicity they are but if i have to say african american and they call me white i personally think that isnt fair