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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoRacist people in the US use the word, in this context, to mean brown people. I believe the comment was using it ironically
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAh, thanks. I’m not American and had not seen the word used as euphemism like that, so it was a very puzzling comment without that context.
Racist people in the US use the word, in this context, to mean brown people.
I believe the comment was using it ironically
Ah, thanks. I’m not American and had not seen the word used as euphemism like that, so it was a very puzzling comment without that context.