"That was kind of a weird example to relate it to..."
How so? I apologize for being perhaps too direct, but sometimes directness is needed before we see our own prejudices. The example I used was not the same--you're correct. You used an emotionally loaded slang term. I did not use the one typically associated with racial prejudice against African Americans. For what it's worth, I don't think you are intentionally being prejudiced. I think that perhaps you just haven't realized what you are saying.