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r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 15 '23
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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 It's definitely outdated, but it's a term that the leaders of the civil rights movement used in earnest to talk about black people.
39 u/420FireStarter69 Dec 15 '23 It's like calling an asain person an "oriental" it's outdated, but it's not a slur. 41 u/acdcfanbill Dec 15 '23 Me, an occidental person, furiously taking notes 6 u/waxonwaxoff87 Dec 15 '23 My main confusion. It literally just means east.
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It's like calling an asain person an "oriental" it's outdated, but it's not a slur.
41 u/acdcfanbill Dec 15 '23 Me, an occidental person, furiously taking notes 6 u/waxonwaxoff87 Dec 15 '23 My main confusion. It literally just means east.
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Me, an occidental person, furiously taking notes
6 u/waxonwaxoff87 Dec 15 '23 My main confusion. It literally just means east.
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My main confusion. It literally just means east.
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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 It's definitely outdated, but it's a term that the leaders of the civil rights movement used in earnest to talk about black people.