If I said this in the office, would it be classified as a racial slur?

[kitkit201]

... because the current one is dirty"

Does that classify as a racial slur in your mind? My co-worker went to our manager and is making a big deal out of it..

 

[Queasy]

only in the "I'm a hyper-sensitive moron" world.

 

[imported_Trippin315]

He looked far too much into that. I feel you are in the clear.
But I am not your boss.

 

[imported_vr6]

i don't think it does. Its perfectly normal to associate black and dirtyness when it comes to an inanimate object imo.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Beat your co-worker with your dirty iPod.

 

[agnitrate]

Is your co-woker black?

If so, tell them to stop being such a pussy and playing the victim.
If not, kindly ask them to shut the hell up.

I suppose this all hinges upon how you meant what you said. I take it you were making an innocent comment and not meaning dirty in a derogatory fashion toward black people?

 

[Injury]

He just got a little anxious waiting to throw down the race card to try and cash in. He must have been behind on the rent or something.

 

[meltdown75]

Black is harder to keep clean. Whip your iPod at her.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: Injury
He just got a little anxious waiting to throw down the race card to try and cash in. He must have been behind on the rent or something.

... aren't they all?

Now THAT'S a generalization

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Beat your dirty co-worker with your iPod.

Fixed.



Its not a racial slur.

 

[chambersc]

I would then go to your boss and complain how they are being racist when you said a totally innocous thing. Say that they are creating a hostile work environment.

 

[randay]

dirty mexicans

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: chambersc
I would then go to your boss and complain how they are being racist when you said a totally innocous thing. Say that they are creating a hostile work environment.

 

[mercanucaribe]

I don't understand.. are you saying it's dirty because it's black? That doesn't make sense. I've never heard someone refer to black as a dirty color. Sh!t brown, maybe...
If you're saying that dirt shows up more easily, that has nothing to do with anything.

 

[kitkit201]

Yeah, I'm going to talk to my boss about it. Its totally taken out of context and shes just doing it as retailating against what she said about asians earlier this week.. i hate this job..

 

[dxkj]

Was there dirt, and it showed more on your black skin

or were you saying black was a dirty color


point out how it is irrelevant because black people are brown anyway, and you werent making a comment about how your brown skin looked dirty.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: randay
dirty mexicans

that would be the brown Zune.

 

[jpeyton]

My iPod skin is macaca.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: kitkit201
Yeah, I'm going to talk to my boss about it. Its totally taken out of context and shes just doing it as retailating against what she said about asians earlier this week.. i hate this job..

What did she say about asians?

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: chambersc
I would then go to your boss and complain how they are being racist when you said a totally innocous thing. Say that they are creating a hostile work environment.

Agreed. There is nothing wrong in any way with what OP said.

Lawyer up. You could make a mint out of this one.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Wow, people are f*cking retarded. I swear I don't see how people get any work done anymore, everybody is too busy sueing each other for being offended or harassed.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: jtvang125

Originally posted by: kitkit201
Yeah, I'm going to talk to my boss about it. Its totally taken out of context and shes just doing it as retailating against what she said about asians earlier this week.. i hate this job..

What did she say about asians?

I'd like to know, too.

 

[BooGiMaN]

your such a racist..im telling on you too!!

for halloween dress up in a kk costume and keep telling your ipod its dirty dirty ipod in a sexy voice and lick your lips and moan if you can..that will teach her....

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
your such a racist..im telling on you too!!

for halloween dress up in a kk costume and keep telling your ipod its dirty dirty ipod in a sexy voice and lick your lips and moan if you can..that will teach her....

Krispy Kreme? you want him to dress up as a donut?

 

[Jeff7]

Wow, people is done gone crazy these days.

I worked with a black guy at Walmart, and he had, well, I don't know how else to describe it - inner city accent? Mild ebonics? I don't know what it's called.
And he stuttered. So sometimes at lunch some people would joke with him, say things like, "Come on, spit it out!" when he was stammering at a word, or "We speak English here, not Ebonics!"
To which he'd just laugh and say "Aaah shut up!" and laugh good. It was all in fun, and he knew that we didn't hold anything against him. Or sometimes he'd come in with his hair up in a big "affro." Something like that just draws attention. He knew what was coming. It was all just meant to be fun. Race can be fun, if it's done in a way such that you know there are no ill intentions behind it. That, and you need to be rational and have a sense of humor.

This moronic coworker of yours seems to be lacking on the rational part. Now if you'd said, "Goddamn iPod is looking like a damn n-----r, all dirty and ugly." Then maybe the person might have had a legitimate complaint. But let's see, if I get old motor oil on a shirt, hey, whaddaya know, it's black.

Originally posted by: randay
dirty mexicans

I worked with some dirty Mexicans.
It was in a warehouse. Everyone there got dirty pretty quickly.

Originally posted by: Slacker

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
your such a racist..im telling on you too!!

for halloween dress up in a kk costume and keep telling your ipod its dirty dirty ipod in a sexy voice and lick your lips and moan if you can..that will teach her....

Krispy Kreme? you want him to dress up as a donut?

No, no, KFC. Duh.