It’s always demeaning. Calling a full-grown man of any race “boy” is belittling them. Yes, there’s a special racist association, but it’s been used as much on white men. The female equivalent might be “little girl.”
“What do you think you’re doing, little girl?”
It might have the same effect as simply “girl” if said the right way, but “girl” has been more normalized and sexualized, so it’s a little different.
Anyway, the terms are belittling, and therefore demeaning, regardless of race. The point of using them is to position yourself over that person, as a parent over a child; it’s shorthand for saying they are beneath you.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I say, I say, you need to seize the means of production, boy.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
I started with a Bernie Mac in Life voice but now it sounds like Farmer Fran in Waterboy.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
You gotta get some foghorn leghorn in there to make it really work :)