Robbie..Sorry to hear about that.. The weird thing is that I really dont believe they think they are doing anything wrong..
I watched two girls greet each other the other day...Obviously hadn't seen each other for a long time...One said "Wow!! Look how fat you got"!! "You used to be so pretty".. lol
Then there was the famous London bus driver 'Josh' (black guy) who was a bit of a hero over here after swapping jobs and becoming close friends with a Filipino Jeep driver..
They put him on Wowowee and another similar Filipino afternoon TV show with a huge standing ovation... One Filipino there asked him a question and referred to him as the "N" word!! OMG..Cringe worthy moment or what,but I had the feeling he had no idea that the "N" word" was insulting at all..
I hope I`m not wrong..