I am surprised that this thread is back (with no warning too heh)?!
Not a big deal to me.
Oh well, then I must say the following:
People,
Every time I ever heard “white boys,” it was used in a non derogatory way – I think it may have two meanings possibly. I know one meaning just means Caucasian guys in urbonics (I have even asked guys that I know speak it and they confirmed my thoughts too). You know that urbonics users are not going to say Caucasian guys. I also directly quoted the vid (see pic below). I think it was even on TV. I have never been exposed to it being used in another way but obviously it can be used in a derogatory way as some others have suggested.
As far as Urbonics, I think it is a sub culture and people choose to use it, I would not label it to a race or say that other races don't use it – it is not as if all of one race uses it or all of another doesn’t.
Also it is, as I said, a sub culture, just like ricers are part of their own subculture. If we say we can’t ever have a giggle at Urbonics users than by that logic we can’t ever use the word ricer in a derogatory way either. If we say we can’t offend people who don’t want Urbonics giggled at, we must take in consideration that we may offend someone if we say ricer, and that their feelings are being hurt. It just does not add up to me.
In the vid, he states it in a non - derogator way (or at least I thought so.)
He is just speaking urbonics is all.
From
http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/ebonics.htm
I have no intentions of upsetting anyone on this site (there are no trolls here).
Now as far as some of the statements that were made about people getting into fights and such over hearing names, I was disappointed when I read those remarks because this thread was only made to make people giggle, not to talk about fighting at all. I think people may have misunderstood the way that vid was intended and the way "white boy" was used. There are two meanings and I would rather not discuss people's fighting history on something that is not even relevant to this thread or the way "white boy" was used in this vid or how it was intended.
I am surprised this came out of quarantine with no warning to me and I guess it was felt that it should be here to stay, or to clear up some misconceptions I suppose. I hope I did part of the clearing up of misconceptions thing.
EDIT: to add below
Admins/mods,
Can we lock this thread up, please.
I don’t think it went as intended, I explained all of that already.
Its purpose was used for humor, I should have just kept to myself because I am having no joy out of it now.
I NEVER had a problem with it being deleted – I actually made three attempts of deleting it myself. I would have had NO problems with it being locked either. My only problem was a post that was made, that has now since been deleted. I felt that when it was said that this thread will be made an example of, people would not know what to think and just see me as the thread starter. I could not even understand what the example was supposed to be to the members. Just like now, there was no one on and I had nobody to ask to delete the thread. I just wondered how long it would be presented that way, and so I got anxious and made a new thread because nobody that could help was on.
I was a mod myself. There is no mod training. There aren’t universal rules neither, it is a-learn-as-you-go type of job. I hold no blame at all and I am not upset at anyone. I also don’t want anyone to say, “my bad” even – I just want to move on.
Some things did not make any sense to me as to why it was handled this way. I just know that I have an obsessed fan that has made many different types of attacks, and being that I am constantly on yellow alert, I took that into consideration and made it regrettable for him if that was his next move at me. If he was not the cause, he sure has showed me that he would do anything at all to get at me and so his past behavior volunteered him as being a suspect to something I found quite fishy.
Can we please move one and LOCK this. I want it locked not deleted at this point.
I have also typed enough on all this and members should take in consideration that I have had enough with it, and that I would like to get on with things.
Lock it please – thank you.