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minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThose Supreme Court Justices better not be ethnic. It could backfire big time.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoEthnic refers to a group of people who share a common cultural background, national origin, language, religion, or ancestry. What do you mean by that word ?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 days agoRacist people in the US use the word, in this context, to mean brown people. I believe the comment was using it ironically
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoAh, thanks. I’m not American and had not seen the word used as euphemism like that, so it was a very puzzling comment without that context.
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoYou must have gotten the gist of what I was typing. If not, I’ll leave it to you to interpret it any way you like. Thanks.
Those Supreme Court Justices better not be ethnic. It could backfire big time.
Ethnic refers to a group of people who share a common cultural background, national origin, language, religion, or ancestry.
What do you mean by that word ?
Racist people in the US use the word, in this context, to mean brown people.
I believe the comment was using it ironically
Ah, thanks. I’m not American and had not seen the word used as euphemism like that, so it was a very puzzling comment without that context.
You must have gotten the gist of what I was typing. If not, I’ll leave it to you to interpret it any way you like. Thanks.