I will give you a very good example of what is wrong in America.
I once worked in a factory as a production technician. I had many friends that were not of my own ethnic group. I went over to their houses, played cards, drank with them, and talked to those friends as I would anyone else.
One of those friends and I and avid basketball fans. I had lived in Sacramento California and was and still remain a huge Kings fan. This friend is a huge Lakers fan. After the series had ended and the Lakers had once again put the Kings out of the playoffs, the friend was riding me pretty hard about it. All day I had heard this. So, later that day we were joking around and again came the comments about the games. So, joking back, I said that my friend could kiss my white ass. Now, my friend was lauging and was fine. However, an older person, who was of the same ethnic background of my friend heard what I said. This person went to their Supervisor and complained that I was making racial remarks and wanted me fired.
I was taken into the Personnel office and given a written warning for making racial statements in the work environment. My friend went in and said that I wasn't being racist in anyway, but still I recieved the warning. I got it on the off chance that the person that complained went and tried to sue for a hostile work place.
The problem with my statment wasn't that I told someone to kiss my ass. It was the use of the word white. Now, I am white. My ass is white. If someone had to describe it they would say it is white.
Why is the term white a bad word?
The kicker, my wife is of the same ethnic group as the person that complained.
-Pendragon