LiveWire Network Peer Answers Peer Support Teen Forums Tech Forums College Forums 611 users online 211206 members 1564 active today Advertise Here Sign In
TeenCollegeTechPhotos | Quizzes | LiveSecret | Memberlist | Dictionary | News | FAQ
Member Spotlight
EmerleeX
Cool Things: Spending time with friends, Watch...
Mood: Sleepy
You have 1 new message.
Emergency Help
Until you sign up you can't do much. Yes, it's free.

Sign Up Now
Membername:
Password:
Already have an account?
Invite Friends
Active Members
Groups
Contests
Moderators
6 online / 31 MPM
Fresh Topics
  LiveWire / Teen Forums / Race, Ethnicity & Nationality / Viewing Topic

racist term
Replies: 18Last Post Oct. 6, 2008 6:06pm by Editor in Chief
Welcome to LiveWire!
We're Stronger Together.
Join the Community
Pages: 1 2  Next » Email Print Favorite
Choice Votes Percent  
yes 23 74%
no 8 25%
Vote Now! 31 Votes Cast
( Anonymous )

Reply
Is it considered racist to say that an East Asian's eye looks chinky?

7:34 pm on Oct. 5, 2008
The Last Magister


Omnipotent One

Patron
Reply
Considering chink is a racial slur...yes

-------
The one and only TLM
What is life but a giant playground full of giant children?
The best of LW? Too many to fit in one signature.
Property of M.K.P. [ TAKEN ]

7:34 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: April 2008 | Days Active: 333
Join to learn more about The Last Magister Illinois, United States | Straight Male | Posts: 13,984 | Points: 17,824
Riot


Wealthy Hobo

Ad Free
Reply
Yes.

7:35 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: May 2008 | Days Active: 88
Join to learn more about Riot Florida, United States | Asexual Female | Posts: 2,587 | Points: 4,379
r o c 2


Connoisseur
Reply
no

-------
if your reading this you owe me 5 points

7:35 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: Aug. 2008 | Days Active: 135
Join to learn more about r o c 2 Louisiana, United States | Straight Male | Posts: 6,561 | Points: 7,900
Baron Samedi


ಠ_ಠ

Patron
Reply
Nah...We love that word.

-------
AMERICAN IS PIG DISGUSTING

7:35 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: Mar. 2008 | Days Active: 320
Join to learn more about Baron Samedi Cayman Islands | Gay Male | Posts: 27,090 | Points: 35,308
Enigma of Eternity


Enlightened One

Patron
Reply
Yes.

-------
Livewire's resident Coffee-aholic!

7:35 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: Dec. 2006 | Days Active: 388
Join to learn more about Enigma of Eternity Texas, United States | Female | Posts: 9,539 | Points: 14,199
CommonInquirer

Quality Control Engineer
Reply
I've never heard of "chink" or "chinky" for that matter.

7:35 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: Mar. 2008 | Days Active: 39
Join to learn more about CommonInquirer Washington, United States | Asexual | Posts: 508 | Points: 961
chickaflicka

Dairy Product Addict
Reply
i guess...idk, i cant really talk cuz im not asian...

-------
no matter what i do, l i think about is you
even when im with my boo,you know im crazy over you

7:36 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: May 2008 | Days Active: 53
Join to learn more about chickaflicka Missouri, United States | Straight Female | Posts: 746 | Points: 1,325
carracer


Soothsayer
Reply
Yes

-------
The world is only as sweet as you make it and only as terrible as you see it

7:37 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: Dec. 2007 | Days Active: 264
Join to learn more about carracer New York, United States | Straight Male | Posts: 10,305 | Points: 13,831
RIMHfire


Soothsayer
Reply
Say kinky instead.

7:38 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: Aug. 2008 | Days Active: 158
Join to learn more about RIMHfire Massachusetts, United States | Bi-curious Female | Posts: 9,951 | Points: 12,015
Anonymous

Reply
no you should look them in the eyes and go dununununununununununa CHINKY!

7:40 pm on Oct. 5, 2008
physicsmajor


Quality Control Engineer
Reply
is it an insult to say someone looks like a beaner?

to say someone look niggery?
yes. it is.

don't say crap liek that man.

whta part of that even begins to sound right in your head?


7:48 pm on Oct. 5, 2008 | Joined: Aug. 2008 | Days Active: 46
Join to learn more about physicsmajor United States | Posts: 291 | Points: 759
kidd rune


Visionary

Patron
Reply
Quote: from physicsmajor at 7:48 pm on Oct. 5, 2008

is it an insult to say someone looks like a beaner?

to say someone look niggery?
yes. it is.

don't say crap liek that man.

whta part of that even begins to sound right in your head?


No it isn't.

-------
"Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of
hate -- healthy, virile hate -- for what the German personifies
and for what persists in the German. To do otherwise would be
a betrayal of the dead." - Elie Wiesel

3:08 pm on Oct. 6, 2008 | Joined: Nov. 2007 | Days Active: 208
Join to learn more about kidd rune Florida, United States | Straight Male | Posts: 7,664 | Points: 9,911
Editor in Chief


Swami

Patron
Support Leader
Reply
Oh, yes it is. All of those terms have a derogatory connotation. If you say someone looks Mexican or Asian, that's acceptable. But using a racial slur? Not so much.

-------
Shut the f**k up
You don't know me
So just stop talking

3:17 pm on Oct. 6, 2008 | Joined: Oct. 2008 | Days Active: 255
Join to learn more about Editor in Chief California, United States | Bisexual Male | Posts: 4,934 | Points: 27,366
kidd rune


Visionary

Patron
Reply
Quote: from jschwa1986 at 3:17 pm on Oct. 6, 2008

Oh, yes it is. All of those terms have a derogatory connotation. If you say someone looks Mexican or Asian, that's acceptable. But using a racial slur? Not so much.
How does using a 'slur' make you racist?

-------
"Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of
hate -- healthy, virile hate -- for what the German personifies
and for what persists in the German. To do otherwise would be
a betrayal of the dead." - Elie Wiesel

3:33 pm on Oct. 6, 2008 | Joined: Nov. 2007 | Days Active: 208
Join to learn more about kidd rune Florida, United States | Straight Male | Posts: 7,664 | Points: 9,911
Pages: 1 2  Next » Email Print Favorite

Quick Reply

You are signed in as our guest.

Looking for something else?
 

  LiveWire / Teen Forums / Race, Ethnicity & Nationality / Viewing Topic