Is the NSC username Gullywog racist?

[Safeway]

Seem to remember a right old hoo ha on hear a few years ago over the username Sambo, a derogatory term for a black person, though the person involved insisted it was simply a play on his real name, Samuel.

 

[Titanic]

I don't know, or care... but I'm sure some will rise to the bait.

 

[Brighton M]

No.

 

[Trigger]

Bring back Sambo!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Seem to remember a right old hoo ha on hear a few years ago over the username Sambo, a derogative term for a black person, though the person involved insisted it was simply a play on his real name, Samuel.

Just like Das Reich , insisting his real name is Darren

 

[Brovion]

My wife when referring to our dogs often calls them the 'doggy-wogs'. Is that racist? I neither know nor care. And 'Sambo' is a perfectly acceptable diminutive of Samuel, if a bit twee. I can't believe people thought it was racist.

 

[Safeway]

My wife when referring to our dogs often calls them the 'doggy-wogs'. Is that racist?

Depends what colour your dogs are.

 

[Brovion]

Depends what colour your dogs are.

One's black, one's brown and one's golden. I thought it might be 'funny' in a sort of 'oh-my-gosh', post-modernist ironic way to have called the black one '******' in honour of Guy Gibson's dog, but out of deference to our black next-door-neighbours (and with a nod to modern cultural niceties) we called him Murphy instead.

 

[Napper]

You do get black seagulls so not racist

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

When I worked in Stoke for a few weeks they called a sandwich a sambo. A lot of it is how it is intended - if it is intended to cause offence it probably will cause offence.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

One's black, one's brown and one's golden. I thought it might be 'funny' in a sort of 'oh-my-gosh', post-modernist ironic way to have called the black one '******' in honour of Guy Gibson's dog, but out of deference to our black next-door-neighbours (and with a nod to modern cultural niceties) we called him Murphy instead.

Yes - good decision - standing outside your back door shouting "******" probably would not make your neighbours feel very comfortable.

 

[Brovion]

Yes - good decision - standing outside your back door shouting "******" probably would not make your neighbours feel very comfortable.

Indeed. We didn't seriously consider it; after all no one would know that I was being ironic, 'edgy' and dangerously post-modern - they'd have just thought I was a racist twat.

I AM bored with the whole thing though. I would agree with your earlier point that if no racist intent was meant then a word per se is not offensive and it's all about context. Ergo one could argue that it's ok to say something like "paki shop" in an affectionate manner as a term of endearment, whereas 'f***ing paki' is offensive.

(Before someone picks me up on that I did say 'one could argue' rather than 'I believe that', but like I said I'm bored with the whole "Is it racist to say ...?" debate. I've got my views and they ain't going to change.)

 

[Garage_Doors]

Someone i know called there dog Syndrome.

 

[The Uninvited Guest]

There's a non white chap who lives in Nutley who introduces himself as ****** Charlie and is quite happy to be called it. Think I'll introduce myself as Cross dressing PSB from now on.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Yes - good decision - standing outside your back door shouting "******" probably would not make your neighbours feel very comfortable.

My mum has recently taken in a black cat that just started turning up at the house. She would call ''BLACKY'' quite loudly out the back door at meal times. My father and I had to point out that the neighbours might find this a bit weird so the cat is now called 'Beauty', which is a much worse name.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

My parents still call them "Darkies"

 

[sam86]

I tried to register on here as Sambo, but failed. Curse you Sambo.

 

[Simon Morgan]

Does it mean he approves of slavery then? Sake.

 

[Chicken Runner61]

My mate calls his son Sambo - It is well dodgy if he shouts it out in the pub, street or other public places.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

My mum has recently taken in a black cat that just started turning up at the house. She would call ''BLACKY'' quite loudly out the back door at meal times. My father and I had to point out that the neighbours might find this a bit weird so the cat is now called 'Beauty', which is a much worse name.

When I was young the pooch called Sherry used to be let out in the evening and then wouldn't come back in. So we would regularly stand at the back door and shout "Sherry here - you bad dog" (why we thought that was good dog control I have no idea.

Oblivous to the fact that the new neighbours name also turned out to be Sherry. She must have loved us. We then changed technique to whistling and going and getting the hound.