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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
It is a cultural difference: The word is totally unacceptable in any context in Europe and the USA but apparently is is common use in South Africa and there is not considered as an insult.
It is in the swear filter on this site and has been added to ours.
 Used in the wrong context. There's probably some others. |
There was recently a case where a black child wore a T shirt with the words 'coolest monkey in the jungle' whilst modelling for H&M, which they had to apologise for:
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/...-monkey-hoodie
His (black) mother said she didn't see anything wrong with it.
It was commonplace to call children of all colours a 'cheeky monkey's when I was a child, perhaps that's now deemed racist?? It could be argued that those who take offence are the racist people as they are alikening black children to monkeys!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy
It is a cultural difference: The word is totally unacceptable in any context in Europe and the USA but apparently is is common use in South Africa and there is not considered as an insult.
It is in the swear filter on this site and has been added to ours.
Used in the wrong context. There's probably some others. |
The word 'Paki' is deemed racist here too, but perfectly acceptable in America. IIRC an American politician used it over here in all innocence and shocked those around him.
So, it seems that it's not only who says certain words, but where in the world they are said!
I was taken aback when a group of black lads were calling each other Niggers in a bar, but when discreetly mentioning bit to the landlord he said that it wouldn't be ok for a white person to say it to them and that what they were actually saying was 'Nigga', I'm not sure what difference that makes though. To me either a word is acceptable or it isn't.
Some gay people refer to themselves as 'Queer' and justify it by saying that they have reclaimed the word.