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You can say nègre in France depending on the context, referentially for example. As in "il ne faut pas traiter quelqu'un de nègre" which means "you should not c
by himinlomax 5y ago
You can say nègre in France depending on the context, referentially for example. As in "il ne faut pas traiter quelqu'un de nègre" which means "you should not call someone a n....r."
- fastball 5y agoRight but if you say the french equivalent of "you fucking n-word" to your teacher, nothing happens? I find that hard to believe. Stepping away from race for a second because it probably is needlessly complicating this, you would not get in trouble in a french school for saying the french equivalent of "fuck you, you lazy piece of shit" to your teacher?
- himinlomax 5y ago> Right but if you say the french equivalent of "you fucking n-word" to your teacher, nothing happens No, that's exactly the opposite of what I said. In the US you have to circumlocute your way around saying the word in all circumstances, even when it's not used in a derogatory / insulting way (such as referentially, or even because it sounds that way, see "niggardly" and "nega nega" incidents.) Insulting someone is insulting someone. Saying "go get sexually penetrated you inferior race person" is offensive whether you use a taboo word or not.
- fastball 5y agoFair point. What about "you're a shitty fucking teacher" vs "you're a bad teacher"? The same response is expected?
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