qbert@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 4 days agoDefinitely don't ask for it in Spanish!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down176
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minus-squareTwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down3·4 days agoI’ll take an African American coffee.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up165arrow-down1·4 days ago African Americano Come on 🤨
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 days ago“Black” just works as a better term. It’s hilarious when people refer to black folks from other countries as “African American.” I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone offended by being called “black.”
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago“Black” being considered offensive was a thing in the late 90’s, but it didn’t last.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYeah I remember an anecdote about two Americans on a beach referring to a black British man as something like “African American British” but it was even so long ago that I’ve forgot what they said exactly.
minus-squareCancerMancer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoIf white is not offensive, why would black be offensive? It makes no sense.
minus-squareYaDownWitCPP@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·4 days agoYou’ve just offended the Jamaican guy who doesn’t have US citizenship.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·4 days agoThat’s okay, he won’t be here for much longer come next year.
minus-squareShardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·3 days agoLiterally no Latin or center American will be offended by the word negro
I’ll take an African American coffee.
Come on 🤨
El americano es negro.🤨
Paparo Americano
“Black” just works as a better term. It’s hilarious when people refer to black folks from other countries as “African American.”
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone offended by being called “black.”
“Black” being considered offensive was a thing in the late 90’s, but it didn’t last.
Yeah I remember an anecdote about two Americans on a beach referring to a black British man as something like “African American British” but it was even so long ago that I’ve forgot what they said exactly.
If white is not offensive, why would black be offensive? It makes no sense.
You’ve just offended the Jamaican guy who doesn’t have US citizenship.
That’s okay, he won’t be here for much longer come next year.
Literally no Latin or center American will be offended by the word negro
They didn’t imply otherwise?