Question for the South Asian folks

[SkinnyPupp]

Brown isn't offensive, because it has never really been used in a derogatory way. Yellow however, is another story.

And West Indian people are native Caribbean.

[sunny_j]

I'm EI and don't have a problem with being called brown
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[Jsunu]

Originally Posted by fishing666

if brown is considered offensive, then i see a hierarchy of the colors

not meant to be offensive:

White
Yellow
Brown
Red
Black

and the most superior would be white blonde but we counteract that with dumbblonde but strangely enough it only applies to blonde women. Now if brown people wanna be called south asian does that mean they wanna be more yellow than brown? It would be far from racism but rather discrimination based on the hierarchy of colors.

Do you mean harm when you refer to them as "brown"? Probably not
They will either accept you calling them brown or you will accept not using brown. Usually you'll accept them and not use the word brown but if it seems like they are requesting something like that burqa story then u tell them to eat a dick and say canada is a free country bitch

Where the hell did you get this hiearchy of colors?!?!?

[freakshow]

Usually, it's not the term itself, but the context in which it's used.

[ajax]

I believe Mexican people call themselves brown too.
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[originalhypa]

Originally Posted by freakshow

Usually, it's not the term itself, but the context in which it's used.

exactly.
Jah said that he would consider "Hindu" to be a racist term, and if it's used ignorantly, or used to describe someone who is Sikh, then I completely agree. It's like calling me a Christian. If you said "hey, you dirty christian" then yeah, it's derogatory. But if my friend refers to me as "my Christain buddy", then it's not so bad. It's all in the context.

For the record, I'd be a bit offended if someone referred to me by my faith, rather than my name or personality.