According to an interesting new poll conducted by MTV and the Associated Press among people aged 14 – 24, some findings:
- 55% say they see people being mean to others on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace
- 51% percent encounter discriminatory words or images on those sites
- 57% say “trying to be funny” is a big reason people use discriminatory language online; about half that many say a big reason is that people “really hold hateful feelings about the group”
- 44% say they’d be very or extremely offended if they saw someone using the “N” word online or in a text message
- 35% say seeing someone use the “N” word online wouldn’t bother them much
- 60% of African American youth say they would be very offended if someone used the “N” word online
- 41% of women say when people use “slut” it’s offensive; compared with 28% of men
- 39% of people who are gay or know someone who is think use of the word f*g is offensive; compared with 23% of others
Thoughts?
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People think it’s funny online cuz you don’t have to save face! It’s more a joking match but most people really show there true identity which is interesting
niggas! lol
Slut
I don’t take anything online serious. .you don’t like it don’t read comments or go on social sites its pretty simple
Bullshit survey, I see niggas on facebook say Nigga word all day every day and one have yet to be offended by it. Asian, arab, russian use n word, every one and I didn’t anyone get offended yet.