Tabby Cat wrote:
But you don't see black kids or black people and immediately think monkey. That's the difference between you, me and these morons.
Do I see black kids or black people and immediately think monkey? No, not immediately, not ever.
Have I walked down the street with a black friend while idiotic, usually drunk, men have offered her 'a bit of white meat inside her' then when she ignored them, walk behind her mimicking the gait of a monkey and making chimp noises at her and told her to get back in the trees where she belongs? Yes.
Have I been to a football match to see a friend's son, black, play his first big match, and heard the chimp noises and various monkey insults made to him from complete strangers who think it's ok, and watched the change in the boy? Yes.
Does that help me to see why this could be offensive? Yes.
Does that make me a moron? If caring about other people's feelings makes me a moron then guilty as charged.