White gang robs Soweto

[kiepie]

So you agree it is a slur then? (Since you quote from a site entitled "racial slur") And not confined to the Zulu language.

Why else would they use the term "white scum"? A pretty dirty image comes to mind.

I suppose "whitey" is also acceptible as well?

[Rikus, please pay attention. ]

Agree it's slur - but never took it offensive as I don't know any other word for "whites"

 

[edc]

Young ninja:

http://www.rootshell.be/~edc/young_ninja.jpg

 

[Rikus]

(Since you quote from a site entitled "racial slur")

Actually he quoted from a site entitled "johncglass".
Please do pay attention!

 

[Skeptik]

http://www.johncglass.com/racialslurs.htm
I made it nice and big for u.

 

[Rikus]

http://www.johncglass.com/racialslurs.htm
I made it nice and big for u.

That is just a page on the site/
I made the sitename nice and big for you.

Please try and keep up.

http://www.johncglass.com/racialslurs.htm

 

[Rikus]

Young ninja:

http://www.rootshell.be/~edc/young_ninja.jpg

Young ninja indeed.
He really gave that donkey a fright.

 

[Simple Twist Of Fate]

"mlungu" word is neither racist nor derogatory . It only means white person.

Actually the word means and describes the way the "white" people came to africa - "as foam on the waves" i am not sure if it describes and derogates "foam" into "scum" or "flotsam" - if not deragatory - its not complimentary.
scource:http://www.johncglass.com/racialslurs.htm

Umlungu ---Whites Zulus called whites this, meaning the white scum that forms in the surf.

another word for whites is Nyoni (bird) describing whites as "swallows' as we built with mud and daub as do the feathered variety!!!

most folks dont know that the word Mlungu is as rude as the other "k" word, so they just the other side of the same coin!!!!

 

[kiepie]

Already discussed

 

[Simple Twist Of Fate]

lol my bad "great whites think alike" ---

 

[Spark]

Well I remember asking a black guy I worked with about 2 years back what Mlungu actually meant and he described it as the white froth that washes up on the shore... So yeah if someone calls me that I dont think it's very complimentary at all.

 

[James]

http://www.johncglass.com/racialslurs.htm
I made it nice and big for u.

That is just a page on the site/
I made the sitename nice and big for you.

Please try and keep up.

http://www.johncglass.com/racialslurs.htm

You actually both wrong The sites title is actually

The Life and Story of John Glass

<title>The Life and Story of John Glass</title>

and the page title is Racial Slurs Database

<title>Racial Slurs Database</title>

so try and keep up guys

 

[dlk001]

Mlungu is definately not derogatory. It is actually complimentary. Some black people call other black people Mlungu if they want to show that those people some right to be respected. I do not agree with it at all, as it perpetuates the aparthied reinforced belief that white is good and black is bad. Pure mental slavery.

Yes, indeed people ekasi do call each other "Mlungu wam" amongst other complimentary names like "Chief".

In Xhosa, the English language is "IsiLungu". Basically, its like "UmXhosa" who speaks "IsiXhosa". "UmLungu" who speaks "IsiLungu".

My 2 cents....

 

[Skeptik]

Agree it's slur - but never took it offensive as I don't know any other word for "whites"

If you don't know any other word then just borrow one. Zulu and Xhosa seems to have a lot of borrowed or made-up words.

Yes, indeed people ekasi do call each other "Mlungu wam" amongst other complimentary names like "Chief".

In Xhosa, the English language is "IsiLungu". Basically, its like "UmXhosa" who speaks "IsiXhosa". "UmLungu" who speaks "IsiLungu".

My 2 cents....

English people regard the word as a slur. Therefore don't use it. "Whitey" is also impolite, just as "Darkie" is to black people.
<End of story>

 

[McSack]

my charou mates all call me honkey. are they racist b@stards?

 

[Skeptik]

my charou mates all call me honkey. are they racist b@stards?

I don't mind what people call me, as long as I have the right to call them something back. That's where it all goes wrong because they don't like it more than I don't like it . So let's not start the ball rolling and nobody will be offended.

 

[Bageloo]

"Mzungu" is a word meaning "white person" in many Bantu languages of east, central and southern Africa (including Swahili). There are a number of variations depending on the location. I suppose "mlungu" is our variation in the south

"Mzungu" shares its stem with the verb "kuzungua" or "kuzunguka". Both of which basically mean to go around, wander around, run around here and there, etc. The "m" on the front changes it into "one who...." so "mzungu" basically means "one who wanders around" or "one who runs around here and there in a restless manner".

There were a couple of posts that gave an incorrect explanation that "mlungu" means "white scum" or "white surf".
As far as I know in Zulu, the white foam that forms in the surf or from the soap is called "igwebu" or plural "amagwebu". I don't see any connection between the two meanings.
It was also the first time that I heard such a connection being made.