I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said “well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip.” And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.
Sadly, it hadn’t occurred to me until it’s already said.
You’re overthinking it. You didn’t say anything insensitive or stupid. It will offend some people, but they are usually looking at how to be a victim and that gives them an opportunity. It’s just words, don’t worry about it so much.
This is wrong. What OP said was very much offensive, comparing yourself to that of a slaver. It is a rare figure of speech, and while not intentional it is still offensive. However, the context of who you’re talking to doesn’t matter, it is an offensive statement regardless of the history of the person you’re saying it to.
For OP: it is okay to make a mistake, especially when you recognize it.
If someone gets offended by something as banal as “crack the whip” they arent worth bothering yourself over, save your calories for someone else
“it’s their fault if they get offended”
- person who doesn’t value the opinion of those they offend
You do realize you’re asking for a racist-o-pedia, right?
I’m a Linux user and love some good rices. But I’ve no idea what “ricing” comes from. Why is it offensive?
Sort of an insult to beans and rice, two of the greatest categories of food, to make slurs of them, too.
I know some people that refer to Japanese motorcycles, mostly “crotch-rockets,” as ricers.
Rice rocket was a term used for modified Japanese cars, and ricing your car meant turning it into a rice rocket.
I thought “ricing” meant submerging your stuff in rice to get the moisture out to stop water damage.
I’m a Linux user and love some good rices. But I’ve no idea what “ricing” comes from. Why is it offensive?
I believe it is racist slang that emerged in the 90s with the advent of cheap japanese and korean cars that were easily customizable (civics, accuras, etc…). Throw a turbo and a loud exhaust, and bam, now its a rice burner. These were prevalent in Asian immigrant communities, but also other places.
It basically meant like, cheap, but also very fast car, of Asian origin.
There’s an older form that goes back to at least the 1970s when fuel efficient Japanese cars started to become popular in the US: “Rice burners.”
There was some made-in-America angst at the time because of the oil crisis, coupled with some quality issues that made these cars more appealing. The phrase was definitely used pejoratively. I can remember my dad muttering about it well into the '80s.
Why is it offensive?
It would probably be like calling Beemers and Mercedes bratwvrst-mobiles.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner this is the origin of the term they are using to bling out their desktops, specifically the recent meaning from the 90’s of customizing your car to look cool/fast
