Right or Wrong only depends on which side of the Equator you fall under!

http://www.africanviews.org/pundits/2012/03/01/race-in-south-africa-still-an-issue/

Morals and values guide human beings to make the right or wrong choices in the eyes of their peers or society they leave in. What is deemed right or wrong and most importantly who chooses what is right or wrong? Those are the questions aimed at an ever changing global culture. When we observe the issue on a more global setting, we have to consider other aspects involve, like culture, geographical location as well as different languages in decision making irrespective of what is seen as right or wrong. Cultural differences play a major role in the topic under discussion. An individual’s background and upbringing has to be considered when that same person behaves in a certain manner which falls outside the general norm of other global cultural behaviours. Neutrality and understanding of a different behavioural pattern has to be the basis for cohesivenes. Any statement made which is not understood,before the individual is classified as doing right or wrong we have to have dissected and categorised as to what did they mean and from which angle their statement is coming from before that person is judged. Just like culture, a person’s geographical location plays a major role in how they interact with the world in general.
 People in Africa, China, North America or Europe have their own set of morals and values. In African cultures it would be deemed right to slaughter an animal in the home backward whereas in other parts or the world it is seen as cruel and sometimes barbaric. So in geographical terms in Africa the practise is deemed right and elsewhere it will be seen as wrong. Language also plays a major role in bridging the gap of understanding and tolerance of our many diverse languages of the world. Languages translate our different cultures, though globally the English language is one of the most preferred means for communication purposes between two or more different language groups. So does this mean the English language is responsible for setting the standard on what is deemed right or wrong in society? Many may argue that it is a “temporary setting”, because as the different cultures with different languages terminate a particular meeting or gathering for instance, they each go back to their own cultural norms and behaviours.

In South Africa a person who has a black and a white parent we refer to them as coloured and that is how they refer to themselves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4tbtFzdsPQ
As one moves above the Equator into North America or Europe, the word Coloured has a different meaning and it is viewed as a derogative word than in South Africa. In most parts of Europe Coloured people are called “Mixed Race’’ and in North America the Coloured race includes Blacks (African-Americans). Clearly a distinction is made in South Africa as to who is classified under Black or Coloured, but the issue of whether it is an offense when one calls a mixed race person in Europe Coloured that is based on cultural and geographical standards of interaction and communications.

Next time you are offended, stop and ask, “Am I really offended, and who is actually doing the verbal offense” before saying something is right or wrong. I believe a word can be right or wrong only in different contexts. Therefore when in Rome I will do as the Romans do.