• smeenz@lemmy.nz
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      3 days ago

      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 ?

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 days ago

        Racist people in the US use the word, in this context, to mean brown people.

        I believe the comment was using it ironically

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          2 days ago

          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.

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        2 days ago

        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.