Just like at work with sexual harassment, it is only harassment if the other party is taking offended to it. While it is harmless to the speaker or we might not know it, words, if using the wrong context can be hurtful.
Like you see me saying kaydoo all over the place here. That is only because we don't have kaydoo here.
I mean how would you like it if I call them by saying "I love your charcoal burnt looking skin or how about I tell you hmong that I love how you hmong smells like hmong sausage?
In this next clip, we have this kaydoo chick be telling this viet chick that she likes her slanty eyes. Racist or naw? She was offended though.
RHOSLC : Jennie Nguyen Confronts Mary Cosby About Her Racist Remarks: 'Take Some Responsibility'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rhoslc-jennie-nguyen-confronts-mary-030000400.html