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[–] Shardikprime 27 points 5 days ago (4 children)

In Spanish we ask for a café negro or café negrito all the time and guess how many people are offended about it? Zero.

[–] johannesvanderwhales 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nobody is offended by it in English, either. This comic is, y'know, a joke.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 4 days ago

Believe it or not, I've met two white people, both from the Southern U.S., who would look around and whisper the word "black" when they used it. When talking about black people, but also in other contexts.

[–] derfunkatron 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I’m guessing you don’t remember a few years back when a YouTuber got upset about a country called “Montenegro”?

Never underestimate the power of Americans to get offended, especially on another’s behalf.

[–] Turbofish 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Or ufc fighter John Jones getting offended by skinny negro jeans.

[–] Shardikprime 1 points 4 days ago

This has nothing to do but Martian man Hunter secret identity is John Jones, and Martian name is J'onn J'onzz LMAO 🤣

[–] Shardikprime 1 points 4 days ago

I never knew that happened. My god, people have become unhinged with the class guilt

[–] Katana314 3 points 4 days ago

I’m also pretty sure the N word got derived from that general base of “negro = black”.

[–] niktemadur 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Because you don't suffer from the White Savior Industrial Complex and its' war on words.

Won't you please think of the poor rich white people who are certain that everybody is weak and offended by everything?