Don't Call Me White
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Call Me White
| cover = NOFX - Don't Call Me White cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = NOFX
| album = Punk in Drublic
| released = August 26, 1994
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Punk rock
| length = 2:33 (album version)
| label = Epitaph
| writer = Fat Mike
| producer = Fat Mike; Ryan Greene
| prev_title = Liza and Louise
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Leave It Alone
| next_year = 1995
}}
"Don't Call Me White" is a 7" single by NOFX featuring two songs from Punk in Drublic (1994); "Don't Call Me White" and "Punk Guy". The record was limited to 1,500 copies on white vinyl. The band sometimes changes the word white to {{lang|de|Scheiß}} (the German word for "shit") during their live shows.{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/As03YmbmF7g| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As03YmbmF7g| title = NOFX - Dont call me Scheiss - LIVE - Telekom Extreme Playgrounds 2011 Pinneberg, Germany | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Meaning
When asked in a 1994 interview if the song is about reverse racism, Fat Mike responded saying, "Basically, I'm tired of all these correct terms you're supposed to be calling people now."{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/mcgill_tribune/docs/mcgilltribune.vol14.issue11/13|title=Exploring-isms with NOFX|publisher=McGill Tribune|accessdate=April 15, 2021}}
Cover versions
- The Spanish punk band Avalots made a cover version of "Don't Call Me White" in Catalan called "No em digueu blanc".{{cite web |url=http://www.enderrock.com/detall_producte.php?id_b_categoria=4&id_b_producto=2911 |title=Diari musical |publisher=Enderrock |accessdate=2012-02-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207023944/http://www.enderrock.com/detall_producte.php?id_b_categoria=4&id_b_producto=2911 |archivedate=2012-02-07 }}
- The band Rancid also covered the song on the BYO Split Series Volume III.
- On the obscure tape Sin Efectos by Sin efectos, A cover called "No me ilamas gringo" is featured.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}