• adam_y@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Dude, the use of “mongoloid” is not cool.

    You know what it means, right?

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      2 months ago

      The double whammy of referring to a specific syndrome and racist origins

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        1 month ago

        Holy shit, just looked that up, and it has layers to it. Based on the rest of their comments in the thread, I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, they probably had no idea of the origins and meanings (I certainly didn’t), but man is that one problematic.

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          1 month ago

          OOF.

          Based on the rest of their comments in the thread, I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, they probably had no idea of the origins and meanings

          Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt. Probably should’ve clicked when my phone graciously tried to save me with autocorrect, but I was typiiiing.

          Original comment updated.