cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4380117

CW: Contains the N-word- Chinese propaganda leaflets during the Korean War made specifically for black Americans soldiers (1950).

  • The Soviet ReporterOPEnglish
    81·
    5 months ago

    Yep, but it is a dated slur in English . Poison means fish in French, but that doesn’t apply to English.

      • Goadstool [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        5 months ago

        What is even your point? If a non-black person walks up to a black person in America and calls them a “negro”, it is likely going to have the effect of any other slur. That’s the reasoning for the content warning. The fact that it wasn’t a slur at the time of its use in this leaflet is relevant for context, but in the context of our modern world, a lot of black people don’t want to be called a “negro”.

        If OP changed the title from “the N-word” to “an N-word” would there be less pedants in this thread?