Learn about racial and ethnic slurs in this episode.
Slow dialogue: 1:01
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 15:47
Mike: Did you hear what Dan said? He called me a mick. What decade is he living in?
Patti: He’s just ignorant. I’m sure he wasn’t trying to be offensive.
Mike: Well, I take offense. And to add insult to injury, did you hear what else he said?
Patti: What?
Mike: He said that he was speaking on behalf of the Irish in the community when he said he liked the plan. How dare he speak for other people? It’s presumptuous.
Patti: He was trying to make a point and probably just got carried away. I agree that what he said could be insulting, but let’s give him the benefit of the doubt.
Mike: You can be magnanimous if you want to be, but I know an ethnic slur when I hear one.
Patti: It wasn’t an ethnic slur. It wasn’t the politically correct term, that’s all. He’s a little behind the times.
Mike: Behind the times?! He’d have to live to 150 to catch up to the present!

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse