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[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago

There's a reply (to a reply) stating that in the West it's normal to refer to people under 18 as young men or young women/ladies as at 18 they're adults.

Is that true? I know I've been outside the states for a while but I thought it was still racist propaganda to refer to kids of minority background as young adults, or was I wrong this whole time?

I'm guessing it was just a goof on Carl Tuckerson's part to refer to Rittenhouse as a kid?

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's disingenuous. Sometimes a teen will be addressed as (but not usually called) young man / young lady but it is usually either for the purpose of criticism or just navigating their ego since teens can't accept they're still children.

[-] Nibblesnarf@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

Typically yeah, minority kids are more likely to be treated as adult. Mainly when a crime is involved.

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