niggertown, then? Yes, I have heard of Jeff Foxworthy; did you read my previous post? I hope he invested all his money in Enron.
Chris Rock once said, on stage, "Black people... hate niggers." And the went on with a list of the failings of some urban blacks, in a very humorous vein. Does that mean a white person can now go around making blanket, derogatory statements about black people using the n-word, as part of an unrelated argument? No.
Calling names doesn't make your argument any more valid. Hell, name-calling is what I'm objecting to. What could be more... appropriate... than that? (whew, almost said it...)
Southern Americans *do* have a unique culture; several of them in fact. They little resemble the stereotype as laid out by Foxworthy, but the stereotypes have still managed to stick. As they are a unique culture, a culture not shared by the majority of people in their country, they are an ethnic minority. You can spot a Southerner by his accent, his dress, and his behavior, even if he's in another ethnic setting. This is no different than Kurds in Iraq. Except, nobody's tried wiping out ethnic Southerners, yet.
But, since the stereotype involves white Americans who don't exactly think the way the social climate of the time requires (see, I didn't say the P.C. words.. oops...) it's permissible to invoke it, while not permissible to invoke other derogatory stereotypes about other ethnic minorities.
People choose to be Islamic, too. Does that make it okay to make derogatory and insulting remarks about them? Not according to the media or the government.
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