Please DO NOT turn this thread into a race thing as all races have unfavorable names that are used by other races. If the thread heads down the gutter I'll delete it or ask it be deleted. Please if you do not like it do not sabotage it so that it is deleted either. It's not a black/yellow/white/brown or mixed question.

Can you be arrested and or charged (and what are you charged with?) for calling a stranger a racist term? Is there a list of such terms? I'm speaking of casual contact - perhaps when a person cuts you off in traffic.