Re: Is this offensive, or are they just over compensation-reactions?
I agree with the OP pretty much completely. There are definately built-in qualities in us humans that dispose us to racism. While I think we can learn to get rid of it (the only way is if the globe or parts of it truly become multi-cultural and that'll take a long time) it's definately something that's closely related to our nature.
Some people are too PC, there's no denying that. One of the signs of a truly multi-cultural enviroment would be that you would be allowed to make fun of everybody on the same terms. Unfortunately some people are over-sensitive because they have experienced/heard real racists use language that's kind of similar. Of course there's a difference whether you criticize person for their skin color or by their personal attributes but sometimes people have difficulties separating the difference from your words. And that's also a human attribute and a process that we have go through before racism really becomes marginalized in whatever society you live in.
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