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  • Anyone get racial insults tossed at you that are not your race?

    I had a customer recently come into our store. And now while we aren't expensive on everything things that are not our store's focus are more expensive than going to say Wal-mart.

    So this guy came in and bought one of these more expensive items. Of course he said something about the price, and I said we can't sell it as cheap as wal-mart because we don't sell nearly the volume they do. The guy then said. No it would be cheaper if you "towelheads" would stop buying up all the stores.

    Now last time I check I was pretty white. I mean sure I got brown hair, but I'm pasty white.
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  • #2
    I've been called a "N****r" by people more than once while at work (at least once was in jest but the rest were from customers so God knows). I've also been called a "Mick" a "Wop" and a "Guido" (which are all applicable I suppose) and an assortment of other names. People have called me "fag(got)" "gay" and other impolite references to homosexuality, though I am straight (I suppose these are meant solely to offend, not really to degrade me for choices I may or may not have made). I've also heard more anti-Semitic references than I care to mention, mainly because the store owner is Jewish. These references have very rarely (but on occasion) been aimed at me.

    P.S: I am white, 1/4 Italian and at least 1/2 Irish (there is some dispute about the other 1/4, but it is not Italian apparently).
    P.P.S: Black, homosexual, and Jewish I am not.

    P.P.P.S: Sorry for the long post and the many PS's.
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    • #3
      this would be more of a sighting but kinda amused me. i visited my middle school when i was in gr 11 with a friend. Apparently the school had gone down the craphole and was basically home to the next generation dumb gang members. So after we talked to some old teachers and said our farewells we headed out.

      in the parking lot was a bunch of 8th graders or so startin a fight. a white kid and an asian kid. the white kid called the asian one a N***** this was shortly followed by a 19yr old black guy randomly walking by who promptly decked the kid once. Me and my pal kinda just left since teachers had seen the incident.

      moral of the story? If you are dumb enough to call people racial slurs at least have the shred of intelligence to make it the right one >.<
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      • #4
        I got a lot of...apparently, very racist old folks at the gas station. When they thought I screwed them out of something, some would call me a "Damn Jew". They're the same ignorant old sacks of shit that would blatantly outburst with "Look at that dumb negro out there at the gas pump!" when they saw a black person.

        Last time I checked, I was German, not Jewish.
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        • #5
          at my last job i would work alot by myself, so i put on music i listen to - mostly russian pop even though i barly speak the language (i'm learning it however).

          one day i was called a commie basterd, a red, and all sorts of slurs, but the first time i spoke russian to a russian speaker it was so bad they laughed at me.
          The mere fact that we have the flamethrower means that someone, somewhere once said "You know, I'd really like to set those customers over there on fire, but don't possess the means to do it"

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          • #6
            Lessee, I got called a kraut once. Surprisingly on target that one. Same with dirty frenchie. I'm half german with a goodish portion of french thrown in for flavor.

            At the call center job, I've been called many many things, varying from 'stupid indian' to 'towelhead' to 'inbred hillbilly expletive deleted'. Which I find ironic, as I've never heard an Indian accent that sounded southern...
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            • #7
              HUH?

              The weirdest thing I can really remember is a woman told me I was being a "racist" once because I kicked her son out of the store. What made it weird was that she and I are both white.

              MMATM- I've also been called a Wop a few times- my ancestory is Sicilian. Well, and Scottish- I have enough of the bloodline to 'legally' wear the plaid of my ancestor's clan.

              But honestly, I'm all American. I would never even think to answer a question about my natioanlity as Italian or Scottish- I always say American.
              Last edited by NightAngel; 01-15-2007, 05:43 PM.
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              • #8
                I got called a "honky" by a co-worker who happened to be white.

                While technically it is accurate, I thought honky was a term used by Black people to describe whites.

                Somebody else called me a "gook". I can't recall even have any ancestors from Asia.
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                • #9
                  HA! "Hey, I'm a Mick!"

                  Sounds like my favorite SCA fencer story...couple rapier fighters in garb ended up in a bar or a quick stop or some such thing, wearing their poofy shirts and high boots and whatnot. Cue obligatory redneck:

                  OR: What do you assholes think you are?
                  One of the Rapier Guys: Faggots!

                  Hey, they had swords. I guess they figured "Bring it."


                  No, if I get racial insults thrown my way, they seem to be pretty much spot on. Except for the "witch" thing (from another post). I'm not a witch. I get mistaken for a plethora of other races, but rarely do I get anyone insult me to my face because of it. I've been mistaken for hispanic, jewish, spanish, native american, and partly black. Which is weird, because while I am olive-skinned, I am very pale complected.

                  Been called a "lezzie" plenty of times. Not only am I straight, but it does not bother me to be mistaken for a lesbian. I don't consider "gay" or any connectation of it an insult. So insult away. And no, I am not mannish (okay, some of my habits are mannish, but overall, no. ). It's just that sometimes, that's the worse thing a stupid person can think of to call someone.

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                  • #10
                    A friend of mine, in context long forgotten by me, was once called an "Irish piece of crap" by some uncreative soul. Her response was "Better an Irish crap than an All-American dipshit."
                    Well done, I thought.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth RecoveringKinkoid View Post
                      I don't consider "gay" or any connectation of it an insult.
                      I don't consider that an insult either. I usually reply with "how original" or "is that the best you can do, twizzlefuck?"

                      I was called the N-word by a *black* lady at Hechinger's once. I was watering the plants outside one night, when her wheelchair got caught on it. Rather than simply wait for me to move it, she got stuck...and then called me a "dumb N-word." Now, since I'm white, I was soooo tempted to tell her "are you *sure* you want to go there?" but I had to be nice, since the boss was around. I wasn't about to stoop to her level, since I'm not like that. I mean, if you're going to insult me, at least get the epithet right. But then again, racists aren't usually rocket scientists...
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                      • #12
                        What's a 'wop' and a 'mick"? I know spic, gut, n***** and honky and that's about it.
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                        • #13
                          Wop= derogatory term for an Italian
                          Mick= derogatory term for an Irishperson, I think.


                          Not that I ever use those terms. I can't think of anybody to use them on.
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                          • #14
                            geez. Not only have I never been called any of those things, I've never even heard most of those words said out loud. That sort of behavior isn't tolerated publicly where I live.

                            My parents, on the other hand, are two of the biggest damn biggots I've ever met, and I'm honestly ashamed to be related to them. They make snarky comments about oriental drivers, muslims anywhere, sikhs (sp?), etc. The other day we're following a driving school car, and the poor woman must have been on her first lesson, because she was driving PAINFULLY slowly. I feel bad for her, because I recently went through the same thing myself (got my license on Sept 19th!) My father, seeing that the woman was wearing... err... one of those head-covering things muslim women wear (dunno the name, sorry) says, "Oh great, it's not only a female student driver, it's a (get this) Somalian one! F*ing Somalians!"

                            Woman wasn't even remotely dark-skinned, and she was *probably* Algerian or something (we have a very large Algerian population in the area where I live). I was just glad that my kids weren't in the car with us. The last time my parents BOTH started making VERY LOUD, RUDE comments about another driver (with their windows open, mind you), I told them that if they didn't shut their gobs, my children and I were exiting the vehicle and making our way home immediately. Honestly! Like I want my kids to learn that crap! Stupid narrow-minded twits.
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                            • #15
                              Wop means "With Out Papers."

                              I imagine Mick is a play on last names, maybe?

                              I think I may have the same problem. I have relatives who are very racist, and use the N word without the slightest provocation or embarassment.

                              Half the time, they don't even mean anything bad by it. They are just THAT ignorant. I do not want my child around that, and I see some arguments in my near future.
                              Last edited by RecoveringKinkoid; 01-16-2007, 09:15 PM. Reason: add

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