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This may seem kind of stupid but I am kind of stupid, is there a list somewhere of phrases that are stupid or insensitive racially or gender biased? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Melatonin to c/[email protected]

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I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said "well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip." And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn't occurred to me until it's already said.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The closest thing you'll get to a list is the lists of slurs on Wikipedia because it's an everchanging list with different degrees and specific requirements for each phrase, for example Europe still considers it not rude to say the R word. It would be impossible to make a full list.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Europe probably doesn't consider it rude to say the R word because they mostly speak another language than English?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Wrong, that'd definitely get a few looks. Although nobody's honed being offended to such an art form as the British and American.