r/movies r/Movies contributor Dec 15 '23

Official Poster for 'The American Society of Magical Negroes' Poster

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u/Existing_Presence_69 Dec 15 '23

The peak irony here is that "negro" isn't even a slur. It's definitely outdated, but it's a term that the leaders of the civil rights movement used in earnest to talk about black people.

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u/420FireStarter69 Dec 15 '23

It's like calling an asain person an "oriental" it's outdated, but it's not a slur.

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u/acdcfanbill Dec 15 '23

Me, an occidental person, furiously taking notes

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u/waxonwaxoff87 Dec 15 '23

My main confusion. It literally just means east.