Is saying “ No way Jose” culturally insensitive?

[Anonymous]

I remember saying this as a kid after Michelle Tanner/Full House made this famous. Now that my children are watching these “retro” shows, I’m more aware of how things are viewed today in our environment.

Is this actually culturally insensitive in any way?

[Anonymous]

Oh my god.

[Anonymous]

where's the eyeroll emoticon when you need it?

[Anonymous]

It’s problematic because the person you are saying it to may not be LatinX or identify as a male. Besides it’s just extremely rude and disrespectful to not use the persons name to whom you are talking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s problematic because the person you are saying it to may not be LatinX or identify as a male. Besides it’s just extremely rude and disrespectful to not use the persons name to whom you are talking.

"Problematic"

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it’s any more problematic than “hit the road Jack”, “even Steven” or “every Tom, Dick, or Harry”.

[Anonymous]

Probably about the same insensitivity as the poster who used the term "slave driver" earlier this week to describe their demanding boss. It's just a casual usage that has been thrown around for so long that to people who've heard it their whole lives it just sort of blended in. And then recently our ears/eyes/sensitivities have been heightened to its potential to offend. Those who actively wish not to will take note and not use those phrases when they can choose otherwise.
I won't assume that you are trying to offend if you continue to use them. But some people might. And if that bothers you for people to think you are deliberately culturally insensitive then you might want to remove those terms from your own usage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s any more problematic than “hit the road Jack”, “even Steven” or “every Tom, Dick, or Harry”.

Those are offensive to trans-gender people.

[Anonymous]

Well, it waaaaay predates Full House. I grew up saying it in the 70s. I do try to avoid it....although I don't think it's as bad as calling someone a speedy gonzelez (another phrase I grew up with, and which I have tried to purge from my vocabulary).

[Anonymous]

I would get fired for saying that.

I think it's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s any more problematic than “hit the road Jack”, “even Steven” or “every Tom, Dick, or Harry”.

Those are offensive to trans-gender people.

They’re definitely gender exclusive! I think more importantly they reduce someone’s experience to a childish rhyming quip when we know better these days to be more inclusive of our speech. I’m sure there’s some unsavory history to how these phrases found their way into our lexicon.

[Anonymous]

Only at Taco Bell

[Anonymous]

Would you ever say it casually to a Latino person who wasn't a very good friend?

If you know you can't use it with one particular group, than you probably shouldn't use it at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably about the same insensitivity as the poster who used the term "slave driver" earlier this week to describe their demanding boss. It's just a casual usage that has been thrown around for so long that to people who've heard it their whole lives it just sort of blended in. And then recently our ears/eyes/sensitivities have been heightened to its potential to offend. Those who actively wish not to will take note and not use those phrases when they can choose otherwise.
I won't assume that you are trying to offend if you continue to use them. But some people might. And if that bothers you for people to think you are deliberately culturally insensitive then you might want to remove those terms from your own usage.

Or... recently a ton of people have *decided* to take offense at common expressions which have nothing to do with them and are clearly not intended to offend. Why? I don’t know... boredom? A general sense of purposelessness in life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s any more problematic than “hit the road Jack”, “even Steven” or “every Tom, Dick, or Harry”.

Those are offensive to trans-gender people.

They’re definitely gender exclusive! I think more importantly they reduce someone’s experience to a childish rhyming quip when we know better these days to be more inclusive of our speech. I’m sure there’s some unsavory history to how these phrases found their way into our lexicon.

God I hope this is satire... it’s getting so hard to tell these days.