re: Does confederate flag offend you?

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Boy is a white racist word.

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True story: When I was growing up I knew a guy whose nickname was Boy. He was from a black family that had 4 girls and him. They called him Boy from the day he was born.

It was the source of a few conflicts over the years, particularly when a customer where he worked heard his old, white boss say, "Boy, go do this..." The customer was a black lady who was having none of it. She lit into the bossman and was giving him hell. Boy came running back out from the back and had to just about pull the woman off him.

That wasn't the only time something like that happened. At least 30 years later and folks still call him Boy. I'm sure some dumbasses still get bent out of shape over it, probably even more so in 2020.