orlandoiam

Hi, not that I think it would be immoral to learn them, but I'm not writing to ask what they are. What I'm wondering is, do Thai people use them in the same way Americans/English use them? For example, cracker or whitie, or paki, etc. etc. I was trying to explain that a term my boyfriend used in passing,( the infamous "N" word) certainly wouldn't be accepted by most of my friends. I tried to give him an example by asking what Thai people called certain races of people when they were insulting them. But either he didn't really understand where I was coming from, or perhaps Thais have a different way of insulting each other racially. Or perhaps they don't use racial insults, but this seems off too as alot of my students tend to go into fits of laughter when ever they call each other "kon laos." Or perhaps, the laughter is the key. Perhaps there aren't any "serious" racial insults. So, what's the scoop?