(December 9, 2015 at 9:03 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(December 9, 2015 at 1:10 pm)paulpablo Wrote: In those situations it isn't the word that dehumanises them, the word is interchangeable to the dehumanisation.Did you know that "Negro" is the only race mentioned in the original US Constitution?
The word can help a person dehumanise another person, or it could be used to flirt with that person, or joke with them. I've been called a Brit before by American girls on chat rooms who are flirting, and I might called a Scottish person I like a Scotty, but if I use the word paki in work id get fired because people say this word is racist.
I got called honkey by my ex girlfriend who was Bengali and I called her chocolate cheeks, the word negro is considered racist but it's derived from a word that means black.
I get your point words can be used to dehumanise and antagonise but the individual words don't make a difference.
The words nigger paki or honkey might not even exist in 1000 years time and it's not important if they do or don't but attitudes are important.
And I don't think it would be easy to harm random homosexuals, black people or Koreans no matter what name you give them and I don't think you would either.
Was that in reference to antique farm equipment?
