> I would've hoped that an expert who was lecturing about language and culture would've anticipated the problem, and been more sensitive to it. I’m learning Ma

> I would've hoped that an expert who was lecturing about language and culture would've anticipated the problem, and been more sensitive to it. I’m learning Mandarin Chinese and consequently have use "nei-ge" quite a high number of times and I also happen to know English and it NEVER occured to me it is somehow related to the n-word before today. People who want to see racism could find everywhere anyway, it’s a lost battle. Not using words that could be insulting in other languages is an impossible tasks and ridiculous thing to ask given how many of them there is.