tailgater wrote:
You are clearly saying that repeating a question that is NOT racist will result in it becoming racist simply based on the audience.
Which sort of speaks to the crux of the problem of so many of us talking past each other when it comes to racist stuff.
What is more important in the labeling of something or someone as racist? The way it is meant/intended? Or the way it is received/perceived?
Might require a Plato cave-level discussion to sort through it, but it is important, I think. If someone who has zero knowledge or context of the history of, say...the n word -- is it racist if he uses it? Is the word racist? Or the meaning and/or the user of the word?
Not entirely relevant, maybe, but I can't help but think about Randall in Clerks II when he wants to take back the words 'porch monkey'. Was a good dialog -- may not advance the discussion much, but it is sort of thoughtful