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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Racist football "fans" often make monkey noises, gestures and throw bananas onto the pitch to insult black players. Context is all.
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Yes, but that is very different because the word is used to insult and provoke. But if I laughingly said to someone in response to a cheeky comment ‘You monkey!’, I would not expect them to be offended, and certainly the black friends I know would not be.
However, what is galling is those white people who claim to be offended on behalf of black people. They simply don’t understand the issue at all. These were the people who used to call others out for asking for ‘black coffee’. What were they thinking? That being black was something to be ashamed of?
I think we all need to be a little more thick skinned.