Is the word Yankee racist ?

[Steve30]

There is a baseball team called the Yankees , is this a term for a white american ? Just curious has there have been some issue's with this word being used in mk6 section 

[Uruk Hai]

Fill your boots !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee

[JulesS3]

Who cares, its the mk6 section. There are nazi forums which are less totalitarianistic

[bobotheclown]

is putting on a scottish accent racist? A scottish bloke kept telling me it was. Personally  I consider it a regional accent similar to those who live in London (cockney), Birmingham, Newcastle and Dorset.

I told him to stop being so sensitive.

[ian007miles]

Yank can't be racist because it's said about 10 times on an advert for the channel e4

[Dan_GTi8v]

I've been told before by an american that it can be seen as racist to some people as it is specific to a certain part of america, but then another american told him to stop being a dumbass

stupid yanks

[The Mighty Elvi]

Racist? No.   

Certain parts of the US, i.e The Southern States hate being called Yankees, for obvious reasons.

But then again, the Southern States kept blacks as slaves and voted George W Bush into office, twice.


You could try pointing this out in the Mk6 Section, but Americans don't understand irony.

 

 

[Lewy]

Unless you are American, you'll never know.