Since when is it a crime to say p***h m***ey?
Oh, since, I don't know, forever?!
Why?
Because p***h m***ey is a racial slur against black people!
No, it's not—**** is.
Did Mr. Randal just call Mr. Dante a ****?
Shut up, Elias!
I didn't just call Dante a ****, I just said that **** is a racial slur.
So is p***h m***ey!
Oh, it is not! C**n, sp**k, sp*de, m**lie, j***boo, n**-n*g—those are racial slurs. P***h m***ey is not.
I'm going to pretend that this conversation didn't happen. Elias, go pick up that **** mess. [points at Randal] And you are this close to getting shit-canned! Shoot me now! [storms off]
What are you doing? Are you trying to get fired?
Since when did p***h m***ey become a racial slur?
When ignorant racists started using it 100 years ago!
Oh, bullshit. My grandmother used to call me a p***h m***ey all the time when I was a kid because I'd sit on the porch and stare at my neighbors.
Despite the fact that your grandmother used it as a term of endearment for you, it's still a racial slur. It would be like your grandmother calling you a little ****.
Oh, it is not. Besides, my grandmother had nothing but the utmost respect for the Jewish community. She used to tell me to always be nice to the Jewish kids, or they'd put the sh***ie curse on me.
WHAT THE ****, MAN?!
What?
Sh***ie is a racial slur, too!
Oh, it is not!
Yes, it is!
Well, she never called any Jews sh***ies, she just said "sh***ie curse" a lot. It was cute.
It wasn't cute, it was racist!
I disagree, man. She was just an old-timer. That's the way people talked back then. It didn't mean they were racists. [thinks for a moment] But my grandmother did refer to a broken beer bottle once as a **** knife.
[Dante is flabbergasted]
You know, come to think of it, my grandmother was kind of a racist.
You think?!
Well, I still don't think that p***h m***ey should be considered a racial term. I've always used it to describe lazy people, not lazy black people. I think if we really tried, we could take back porch monkey and save it.
[fed up]
It can't be saved, Randal. The sole purpose for its creation, the only reason it exists in the first place, is to disparage an entire race. And even if it could be saved, you couldn't save it because you're not black!
Well, listen to you--telling me I can't do something because of the color of my skin. You're the racist, man!
