... the offensiveness of certain words used to describe many minority races.
it came as a surprise to me when I had been called "- whitey -" soon after my arrival to the US in Winter of 2001 by several Latino individuals LOL the occasion was: because of a blizzard (I'm talking Massachusetts), the nearest liquor store closed early, so I walked in the direction of the downtown, where I found a liquor store which was open, and I didn't even notice the Latinos inside, purchased a bottle of wine, and while I was leaving, they started to call me names (fortunately they didn't bother to go outside) perhaps they didn't like my thick accent