Wow, you have more control than me...I send one saying "@#$%&^@^%@!"

I am so tired of people taking words wrong.

if they are meant in a derogatory way ,any word can be bad.

however , if someone just says a word cause they think its the word they
are sposed to say, different.

how many times have you seen on tv where someone says "you people" need
to move.

and some black person says "you people? what do you mean you people" ?

i would think personally it means you people, now move.

you people could mean whoever is in the way. white black asian etc who
cares?

as far as actual racism goes though, I am completely against it, and I
believe it stems mostly from ignorance and disturbing situations.

thank you for confirming that racism still exists.

i'm off to barf.

You are right. Nobody likes to be labeled. And I made a point of
mentioning that the "ethnia" is called negro. Not that people from the
particular ethnia likes it, because of the past implications tied up to
it.

But "whites" ethnicity is "caucasian" and chinese or orientals in
general are "asian", "latinos" (born in Latin America) are "hispanic",
but not all "hispanics" are "latinos" since not all "latinos" speak
Spanish (i.e. Brazilians and people from Belize), and not all Spanish
Speakers are "hispanics" (i.e. Spaniards, as they are Iberos...) big
explanation, anyone interested, mail me...

Now, let us don't go too far. In the newbie area there is a thread that
reads "good black man looking for white woman", or something of the
sort...

The ones that scare me are the octaroons. For years, I thought those
were cookies.