White and mid-thirties, so it would most likely make me laugh today. In the neighborhood I grew up in though, "boy" was about as disrespectful as you could get, and respect was pretty much all anyone had so be ready to fight...
If the question pertains to questioning manhood, (insert "Be a man" for boy) than yeah - correcting somebody would be in order.
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