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I only see it used that way in the US, where everyone is obsessed with race Elsewhere, it's just used in its original meaning
by leidenfrost 3y ago
I only see it used that way in the US, where everyone is obsessed with race
Elsewhere, it's just used in its original meaning
- rsynnott 3y agoHrm, in which country? I'm Irish; in modern writing in Ireland and the UK, certainly anything from the last 50 years, it's generally used to mean racists, sexists et al. Wasn't aware there was any English-speaking country which had held onto the archaic meaning, at least as a primary meaning. (India? Indian English has a few things still in common use which are obsolete in UK English). Example UK usage from 50 years ago: the "Barry bigot" doll in S3E5 of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1972; it's a wind-up racist doll).