Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161023154654/@comment-4010415-20161024161817

WC-83 wrote: White Southerners (pre and post emancipation) used to call their black servants and male help "boy" as a diminutive, a sort of passive way of establishing superiority. It's offensive to everyone (would you want to be called that by someone who clearly looks down on you?) but it's especially ofensive to minorities. ^^^^

I understand why anyone outside of the southern US wouldn't get it, though, but as a Texan, I immediately got it and was like "Oooh.."

Like, to me, it brings to mind the image of a white man snapping his fingers at his slave or indentured servant and, regardless of the servant's age, saying "Boy! Bring that over here!" followed by the servant meekly bringing him whatever he pointed at.