Quote Originally Posted by Times Roman View Post
when i was growing up, being called a "White Boy" was said in such a way to be derogatory in nature. It was intended to be offensive. However, I never took it that way, and therefore, it didn't then, and still doesn't bother me now.

What makes a slur offensive are two things:
How it was intended when it was said
How it was recieved

The reality is this. As diverse as our society is, it is very difficult to address a group of people in a non formal way without having someone take offense.
Again, TR, flawed analogy, because you aren't taking exception to the word white, you're taking exception to the word 'boy'. When someone refers to another man as 'boy' that is demeaning. So yes, the term White-Boy is offensive, but being called white is not.