Why is it that whites are "white"...

[MRT144]

and blacks are "black", but "the red man" and "yellow devils" are deemed offensive?

What's with all the quasi Glenn Beck PC griping?

[Kitschum]

White people post like this, but black people post lyk dis.

[MrFun]

and blacks are "black", but "the red man" and "yellow devils" are deemed offensive?

Stop asking questions, white boy.

[Elok]

What about Eskimos?

Inuit = Eskimo, IIRC

I find the term "white" deeply offensive; I am a Cracker-American.

[MrFun]

Inuit = Eskimo, IIRC

I find the term "white" deeply offensive; I am a Cracker-American.

WHITE BOY, WHITE BOY, WHITE BOY, WHITE BOY, WHITE BOY!!!!

[Whoha]

Shaddup you yellow reds.

[KrazyHorse]

What's with all the quasi Glenn Beck PC griping?

At both you and drake for responding to me seriously.

[Q Classic]

Well, putting "devils" after anything seems like it would be offensive.

That being said, I'm not even sure First Nations and Asians are really that offended by being called "red" or "yellow". The perceived offensiveness of the terms might just be a white point-of-view that hasn't been countered with a minority view due to the lower cultural profile of First Nations and Asians in comparison to blacks.

Actually, the problem with yellow is that it's got associations with cowardice. Red has associations with Republicans or Communism (I'm not sure which is worse), Black has associations with death, and White has associations with death.

[Q Classic]

I don't really like the term 'yellow', I find it about as annoying as 'Oriental', 'Chinaman', 'white', 'twinkie', 'human', and 'American'.

[Drake Tungsten]

At both you and drake for responding to me seriously.

I knew you were joking, but I actually found the question to be an interesting one.

[MrFun]

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[Caligastia]

I don't really like the term 'yellow', I find it about as annoying as 'Oriental', 'Chinaman', 'white', 'twinkie', 'human', and 'American'.

What's offensive about "Oriental"? It's more accurate (when referring to east asians) than "Asian", which means different things to different people.

[Kitschum]

What I wonder is is "Yankee" offensive?

[MRT144]

At both you and drake for responding to me seriously.

"Seriously"

[MrFun]

SERIOUSLY!