Black Balls, I'm Offended by That.

"I'm offended by all of that. Make them apologize to us," says Sally Black. "We should start a campaign that stopped the negative connotation of all things black," adds Miss Poussey, who is African-American and lives in New York City. 'Blackball' has been used as an epithet for blacks since slavery was abolished; it's still being used today because people are afraid they'll offend someone else if they use it too much,' said one woman.