good article, sums it up very nicely

it's not considered offensive because in most latin societies blacks have been well integrated pretty much since the countries existed.
In fact negrito o negro is an affectionate term that plenty of people use for any dark skinned or black-haired friends or simply their boyfriend/girlfriend. Similarly they might call a mate fatso (gordito) or baldy (pelado) without risking offence of any kind.

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on November 16th 2011 at 19:59:16

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suarez charged with racism! (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 17:32:07
- it's total bollocks though (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 19:40:13
  - but he's not in uruguay (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 19:46:04
    - hmmmm (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 19:47:59
      - regardless, he's using a term that's very common in all latin america (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 19:52:17
        
        well he deserves a lengthy ban (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 19:55:20
        
        he might be a diving fucker, but he actually seems to be a top bloke (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:01:24
        
        Uruguayans appear to be, entirely through my knowledge (Other Football) - duke of york, Nov 16, 20:03:04
        
        agreed! (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:04:14
        
        of course, how else could a nation of 3mn ever be competitive otherwise? (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:09:01
        
        and how would we look to the outside world if people judged us on the Eng team? (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:10:10
        
        we're not dirty tho (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:16:08
        
        that's so true... (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:20:19
        
        yep that proves it (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:22:05
        
        they're all at it nowadays. Even our beloved Holty throws himself down constantly (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:27:27
        
        he goes down easily yes (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:28:23
        
        that's probably *exactly* what Suarez says with a sly little grin (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:30:47
        
        from stuff like his behaviour at the world cup (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:35:26
        
        how to appear cool on the internet (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:26:01
        
        also hate the police (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:27:31
        
        and generally everything (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Nov 16, 20:47:55
        
        including tv shows (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Nov 16, 20:48:13
        
        can't say i've noticed that (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:56:02
        
        besides. winding up Evra is possibly the easiest thing ever (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 19:53:51
      - i see pacheco gets a mention here (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 19:51:03
        
        good article, sums it up very nicely (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 19:59:16
        
        Read the article now and makes more sense... (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Nov 16, 20:11:56
        
        it's all in a good cause, but people are becoming ridiculously oversensitive (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:14:39
        
        ok negrito (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 20:16:41
        
        I'm not dark enough for that. I did used to get called whitey all the time in Mexico tho (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:18:01
        
        Well, people here call mates fatso and baldy without (Other Football) - duke of york, Nov 16, 20:06:14
        
        that's just it though, it's the "ito" diminuitive that's offensive, not the "negro" (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 16, 20:13:07
- On the same day Blatter says there is no racism in football......FIFAlol (n/m) (Other Football) - bgc, Nov 16, 17:39:54
  - the timing very suspect (Other Football) - 1 5CC, Nov 16, 17:45:22
- Sauce?? (n/m) (Other Football) - bellamys_knee, Nov 16, 17:35:14
  - ... (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 17:36:07
    - Serves him right, diving bastard. (n/m) (Other Football) - bellamys_knee, Nov 16, 17:38:03

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