Side effect of banning of poker(is obviously FTR turning on each other)

[OngBonga]

OngBonga,
Using your logic, would it be ok to refer to going to an Ethiopian restaurant as "going to the nigger"?

I'd say not, but then if it were part of the lingo, and had been for decades, I might see it differently.

[surviva316]

I'd say not, but then if it were part of the lingo, and had been for decades, I might see it differently.

Tradition: just so long as it's been an acceptable action passed down through generations of white people, it's not racist.

[OngBonga]

Tradition: just so long as it's been an acceptable action passed down through generations of white people, it's not racist.

I would imagine that pretty much every race in the world has well established slurs for us, and in many instances, these words will be so common that they don't appear offensive to them. That's how chinky is seen in this country, at least in my experience. I'm actually yet to meet someone who has found the term genuinely offensive.

[supa]

I'd say not, but then if it were part of the lingo, and had been for decades, I might see it differently.

The use of the word nigger is part of the lingo in some parts of the U.S., has been for decades, and is no less offensive because of it.

[WillburForce]

I'd say not, but then if it were part of the lingo, and had been for decades, I might see it differently.

this has prob been said before and I know the thread has continued, but I had to say this.

Onbonga - it is really NOT part of the Brit lingo to say "going for a chinky" except amongst idiots who think being racist is funny.

It is just as racist as saying wog, nignog etc, which I'm sure you wouldn't say

I'm seriously amazed if your friends use the term chinky. You should seriously stop saying it.