[captZEEbo]

I know what you're saying and partially agree. But you should just generally follow cultural norms with what is offensive and what is not offensive. Current culture deems what is offensive and what is not offensive to say. There's no reason to make random people upset at you and hurt their feelings.

If you make fun of your sister because of the way she talks it's still offensive, just not racist. There's no "correct" way to speak a language, just a correct way to speak it in certain contexts. There's nothing inherently wrong with people speaking ebonics.

My view is that people are going to be continually less and less racist with the widespread use of the internet. It's harder to be racist when you know more about the other race (which is accomplished on the internet).

The way we are now is pretty much ridiculous. Everyone has to claim they are racially blind when virtually nobody is. If you admit that you have racial bias (by being honest) you are looked down upon.