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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said "well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip." And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn't occurred to me until it's already said.

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[-] 520@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Yep. Can be things you wouldn't even think about too. For example the word 'spastic' isn't offensive in the US, but is deeply offensive in the UK, similar to the word 'retard'

[-] HandBreadedTools@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Both of those terms are offensive in the US, too. People that use it just choose to not value the input from those that they offend.

[-] 520@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

TIL, and I'm sorry to hear that :(

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