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>“Coloreds” = Offensive racism that only my grandmother would use. Yet it is a perfectly fine, and for a lot of people proud, word in South Africa https://en.w
by unpopularopp 5y ago
>“Coloreds” = Offensive racism that only my grandmother would use.
Yet it is a perfectly fine, and for a lot of people proud, word in South Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloureds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloureds
This is also "the problem" of the internet where pretty much the US "dictates" the discourse, words that are perfectly acceptable in other countries/cultures effected by this. See also the spanish word "negro". One of the most ridiculous example was the Uruguayan soccer player Edinson Cavani who plays in the UK and used the word "negrito" in an Instagram post and had to apologize https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-mun-cavani-idUKKBN28B695 https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-mun-cavani...
Hope there aren't many Google Docs user in Montenegro!
- raxxorraxor 5y ago