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This may seem kind of stupid but I am kind of stupid, is there a list somewhere of phrases that are stupid or insensitive racially or gender biased? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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

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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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[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where I live Huns a slur for a protestant.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everywhere it is a slur for people of mongolian descent.

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Not in Northern Ireland a place where people from protestant and Catholic communities were killing each other for 30 years. Educate yourself before you try to correct others. The reason it's used against Protestants is because of the reformation being started by a German. Also hun was used against Germans during WW2.