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Although the "vast majority" factor might come into play with you, I would still tend to be offended by it. Say you've known me since I was 5 or so, and you coached me, and my children, and my grandchildren, and we're all your "boys." I would understand that, but I would STILL be offended if you referred to me as a boy.
There is just too much baggage behind the reference and the connotation is pretty much as offensive as the n-word....
All my former players know I love them. They are all my boys (and girls), and I call them that. Intent is important. Almost any term can be an insult under certain circumstances.
I don't know ANY black men who would be comfortable with a white man referring to them as "boy." Not with the racist connotation associated with the term. Nope - not gonna happen.
~ButterBrownBiscuit~
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Originally Posted by Lucario
Although the "vast majority" factor might come into play with you, I would still tend to be offended by it. Say you've known me since I was 5 or so, and you coached me, and my children, and my grandchildren, and we're all your "boys." I would understand that, but I would STILL be offended if you referred to me as a boy.
There is just too much baggage behind the reference and the connotation is pretty much as offensive as the n-word....
As I said earlier, I usually don't call people names when I meet them. Context is everything.
then i dont get the problem the other people have with you, as you have a relationship with the black players as well and have the whole father/son relationship. i think the people gunning after you are being too sensitive.
All my former players know I love them. They are all my boys (and girls), and I call them that. Intent is important. Almost any term can be an insult under certain circumstances.
I understand. People who love me offend me all the time.
To love someone, you have to respect them and their wishes. If the person is an adult, you should also be able to see them as an equal. This would include referring to them in a manner THEY deem appropriate.
~ButterBrownBiscuit~
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Originally Posted by buddy5
All my former players know I love them. They are all my boys (and girls), and I call them that. Intent is important. Almost any term can be an insult under certain circumstances.
To love someone, you have to respect them and their wishes. If the person is an adult, you should also be able to see them as an equal. This would include referring to them in a manner THEY deem appropriate.
~ButterBrownBiscuit~
Well, if anyone is offended by it and tells me, I won't say it to them anymore. So far, none have.
Contrary to the stereotype of a hillbilly, they don’t live in trailer parks. They don’t eat road kill. That's what
rednecks do and they are north, south, east
and west.
The stereotype of a hillbilly has been given mostly to southern Americans when comparing them to
their refined European cousins or snobbish New Englanders. of whom, have just as many missing
teeth
Hillbillies have mastered cookery.
Up North, they call it Culinary Art
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Fried green tomato with Vidalia Onion Dressing
Délicieux Bon Appetite
Southerners would fry a Popsicle if they could figure out a way to keep it from melting.
Everyone in here is "tar baby" talking to them is going to be a sticky proposition... did I just make a racist comment? Only to liberals...
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or snobbish New Englanders.
of whom, have just as many missing 
