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}}

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