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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've heard spic used before, and it was around children. The children were white and related to the asshole who said it, so it wasn't used at children. It was used around children. It just rolled off his tongue the same way Hispanic would off yours or mine. The children had no idea it was a slur, and probably would think nothing of repeating it.

The asshole who said it is profoundly racist. I know because he is my grandfather. We're estranged now, but occasionally see each other at family functions. He chose not to attend my wedding because there are too many African Americans involved and attending (not that he used that term) and that's not what his family stands for.

So yeah, when people start saying things like maybe the person saying the word didn't know it was negative, or that maybe the target of the word/racism probably misheard, they lose me. I can't understand why someone would be so quick to dismiss someone else's personal experiences. Plenty of us have seen or experienced it and know it still happens. [/quote]

My grandfather was also racist as anything, but he'd be pushing 100 if he were still with us.  A father of a child is probably somewhere between 20-40 or so.  Nowadays, bigoted people are more covert, usually.  That's why we're a bit surprised.  [/quote]

This was in the last decade. Maybe I'm younger, or my family is younger, or you're desensitized to racism. I couldn't say. At any rate, it shouldn't be surprising that there are still racists. Not all nasty, bigoted comments are on the down low. Some people are so racist, they feel their actions are justified and don't need to be hidden. Same grandpa who used spic and boycotted my wedding would also walk out of church if an African American family joined them. If he arrived and they were already there, he'd leave. One time the services and started and the family arrived late, and he literally got up and left. He's a deacon or whatever you call it. He made it known why he left, and he wasn't demoted. Also, because he's a "pillar of the community" he used to mentor children. When he was assigned a minority child, he refused because of racial issues. Fortunately that time, someone had some balls and kicked him out of the mentor program. Some people are racist as fuck, and don't bother hiding it, and are racist to children. Even in modern times. Even in 'Murica. [/quote]

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