Is white (as in race) an offensive word?

[Trollish and Suspicious]

We are not sub-categories of our own species. We are normal.

 

[Shig O'nella]

Yes.

 

[Huh what?]

Yes, the formal term is Yakubian-American.

 

[Colon capital V]

Shut up cracker

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

I prefer "Grafted Devil".

 

[PS2 Nishiki]

Yes, the politically correct term is "wypipo", get with the times chud.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

No, because White is Right.

 

[The Token Ethnic]

Nah. White, whypipo, honkey, cracker, peckerwood, ofay and the rest of the offensive words for white people aren't that bad. On the other hand, if you accidentally say nigger around blacks, then you're fucked.

 

[The Early 2000s]

It's a compliment

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

It's OK to be white.

 

[JohnnyG]

We are normal.

Just normal, innocent men.
This thread is a good reminder to bring back the practice of using phrases like "that's awful White of you" and "it just wouldn't be Christian", if only to watch the bugmen modernists kvetch.

 

[Testacles Maximus]

I get offended when people call me white. I’m not white, I’m clear.

 

[I've Seen Some More Shit]

I got into an actual conversation a little while ago (A few weeks, roughly) with someone who genuinely, sincerely believed "white people" was offensive and "caucasian" should be used instead. I was in polite company so I didn't know how to explain to him implying Albanians and anything west of the Berlin wall are the same ethnicity is probably more of a slur than just saying white.

 

[POWER IN MISERY]

i think at some point someone here said white people should be referred to as "people of light" and just the idea always makes me smile

 

[internet friend]

I prefer "Grafted Devil".

I more fancy "Vanilla Gorilla"

 

[Tragi-Chan]

The correct term is “chalk nigger.”

 

[Trollish and Suspicious]

The correct term is “chalk nigger.”

chigger?

 

[Wot Zit Too Yah0996]

Well, other than that, there's cracker/cracka and wigger, at least. The intent to offend is there, but niggers/niggas have weak racial insults. Technically, Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Ugandans, Swahilis/eSwatinis, and South Africans (Zulus/Xhosas) have very strong racial insults, but, of course, you'd have to understand 'em.

About Nigerians, though, I think the criminal gang in District 9 were Nigerians that had set up shop in South Africa. He called the main bloke a mzungu. What's a bit odd is the leader had a Nigerian name, but I just looked up that mzungu word, and it's supposed to be a Swahili slur, so... whatever the fuck.