Do you consider the term "you people" to be derogatory?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

just wondering.

[Kali]

1. as always:

depends on context - it sure can be condescending and off-putting

[geardaddy]

2. Almost always. n/t

[KeepItReal]

3. Not when it is used like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAlVKgl_zCQ

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. heh.

yeah, kinda like that.

[Brickbat]

4. Yes.

[bluesbassman]

5. When you say it with quotation marks, absolutely.

:)

I use it all the time with my kids, just to get a rise. They groan and make faces, It's great! :rofl:

[dimbear]

7. You people may want to clear the building as it is on fire.

Could live with that one.

[madinmaryland]

8. I think "you people" are beating a dead horse here!

:P

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. You people.

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[cherokeeprogressive]

10. Only when Ross Perot says it to a group of African-Americans. n/t

[elleng]

11. Yes, from whomever it comes and in whatever context,

trying to associate some negative characteristic with some/any group.

[Swede]

12. some of my best friends are "you people"

:hi:

[freshwest]

14. That is so sweet!

:loveya:

[freshwest]

13. Relative to the speaker and listener; but some use it like 'you all.' Both are poor grammar, anyway.

Unless I'm using those terms, which makes it all proper, *people.*