people of mixed races,did the term mutt offend you?

it sounds harsh to me, but only those who are mixed would know;-)

Mixed Mutts

Obviously Obama didn't mean it in any negative way. When you use terms to refer to yourself it is usually taken, and meant, quite differently than if someone else uses those same terms that don't describe themselves. That is a given.

That is a pretty common sense analysis that refers to many categories including race, ethnicity, national origin, even place of residence, etc. and I am fail to see why some people can't understand that.

The list of things a person can call themselves that you should not call another person is quite long.

When I was a kid, people would jokingly use the term "all american" to dress up the background of a non-pedigreed dog, so mutt is not a term that is exclusive to a bi-racial person.

Extreme racists call all Americans mongrels - so mutt is quite mild.

No. I volunteer for a local humane shelter. Mutts make the best pets. As for people, I have no problem with folks of mixed races. This is America and we are a melting pot. It's character that matters. Don't take this so seriously.

The reason why it's not offensive is because he referred to himself as a mutt. Nobody called him that, he called himself that.

Most people in the world today are mutts. We are all mixed. Once we became a global society, we became mixed, or rather "mutts". BUT, that doesn't give us the right to make derogatory comments to others and call them mutts. THAT would be offensive.

Not in the slightest...I have referred to myself as a MUTT for 4 decades now.

Just because your skin is white, or black, doesn't mean you aren't a mutt. Double Negative. I'm a mixed race, I'm both polish and german. So what?

wait... did suthrnngal and I just agree on something?

Now I've seen everything.

I personally do not know one person that isn't a mutt. I'm a mutt mixed with german, british and native indian.

You know, a Mutt dog sometimes turns out to be a very good dog, so let's not be offended by a very human analogy by our President elect.

Of course not..because Obama said it..had McCain or some other whitey had said it, it would have the new N word.

I prefer Heinz 57 myself....I would rather be considered tasty than a mangy dog.