Please explain why I got in so much trouble when I referred to the IT guy as that yellow boy over there.

The hypocrisy of this site is unbelievable

I don’t make sweeping generalizations about a race. Glad to see you do. I’m only referring to this specific incident.

Whew, I didn’t realize describing someone disrespectfully (within earshot), but not directly cleared you of all wrong.

Also disrespectful.

When it is meant as disrespect to a grown adult. Boy is a loaded word for adults in the South.

“Why, because being a white boy has never been seen as a bad thing.”

Yeah, I’m sure adults definitely like being referred to as children.

Do you seriously think calling a grown man a boy is respectful?

Basically yes. He’s white and male so who cares. Only women need to be respected, only non-white people need to be respected. It’s a one way street you see!

Calling a grown man a boy is disrespectful. In conjunction with a racial descriptor, it is racism.

When you mix it with racial descriptors, yes.

Throwing a “boy” or a “girl” onto the end of a racial descriptor when that person is an adult is textbook disrespect.

Rudeness that brings race into the conversation is very much racism. Or at least that is what Jezebel has been telling me for years.

So what? If it’s not okay to be treated poorly, then it’s not okay. That doesn’t mean you get to treat others poorly. Should black people be exempt from rules against slavery rules now because their ancestors were slaves? Should lynching be okay if a black person does it because they were the victims of that?

Everyone posting white tears memes.

That is accurate. Both are bad. One is worse, but that doesn’t mean the other should be gleefully celebrated.

I’m confused. Because he hasn’t experienced institutional racism, he should be treated poorly due to his race?

Jezzies think all POC are super woke people who the gays. When in fact we are just like the rest of the country and can be bigoted against different people

Wake me up when they condemn and refuse to work with artists who refer to black women as b’s & h’s. Ellen & conscious Janelle can hug up on snoop and pharrell and the like as they continue to degrade sistas, just don’t be homophobic. Has citizen of the the world Pharrell denounced some of his previous works? When I…