Comments on: Fightin’ Whities http://www.liquideggproduct.com/fightin-whities/ The Shawn Bradley of Weblogs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:34 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Donnie http://www.liquideggproduct.com/fightin-whities/comment-page-1/#comment-8715 Donnie Thu, 21 May 2009 17:50:38 +0000 http://www.liquideggproduct.com/?p=1578#comment-8715 It would have been much more sensitive to type "whi**y" and "cra**er". It would have been much more sensitive to type “whi**y” and “cra**er”.

]]> By: annie http://www.liquideggproduct.com/fightin-whities/comment-page-1/#comment-8711 annie Tue, 19 May 2009 04:40:50 +0000 http://www.liquideggproduct.com/?p=1578#comment-8711 what I meant was, "...but epithets hurled at whites have a very different connotation than epithets hurled at other racial groups" i am under the influence of some very strong allergy meds. sorry. what I meant was, “…but epithets hurled at whites have a very different connotation than epithets hurled at other racial groups”

i am under the influence of some very strong allergy meds. sorry.

]]> By: annie http://www.liquideggproduct.com/fightin-whities/comment-page-1/#comment-8710 annie Tue, 19 May 2009 04:36:43 +0000 http://www.liquideggproduct.com/?p=1578#comment-8710 I've always wondered how racial epithets earn their infamy. like, whitey, cracker...i just don't find those as offensive as the more obvious ones, such as n**ger, w*tb**k, or ch*nk. perhaps others disagree, but epithets hurled at whites are very different at those hurled at other racial groups. perhaps because the former refer only to a physical attribute, while the latter refer to actual stereotypical behaviors in that group. Except for n**ger... that's also physical. Overall, this t shirt wasn't as effective for facilitating discussion as the red house commercial. I’ve always wondered how racial epithets earn their infamy. like, whitey, cracker…i just don’t find those as offensive as the more obvious ones, such as n**ger, w*tb**k, or ch*nk. perhaps others disagree, but epithets hurled at whites are very different at those hurled at other racial groups.

perhaps because the former refer only to a physical attribute, while the latter refer to actual stereotypical behaviors in that group. Except for n**ger… that’s also physical.

Overall, this t shirt wasn’t as effective for facilitating discussion as the red house commercial.

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