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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 is some good reading for you to understand the racism people still fact on a daily basis:  http://files.kff.org/attachment/report-survey-of-americans-on-race

40% of African Americans report that they have feared for their life due to their race; 20% of Hispanics reported the same.  [/quote]

Thanks for the link. Some surprising things there, such as "More than half of Blacks (54 percent), including about 7 in 10 who say they have experienced recent
unfair treatment due to their race, say their race has been a disadvantage in their life rather than an advantage, while majorities of Whites (61 percent) and Hispanics (56 percent) feel their race has been an advantage."

Why would a majority of Hispanics say so?[/quote]

My guess would be that they are bilingual and have seen advantages because of it.  [/quote]

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