qbert@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 5 months agoDefinitely don't ask for it in Spanish!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1713arrow-down178
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minus-squareTwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down3·5 months agoI’ll take an African American coffee.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up166arrow-down1·5 months ago African Americano Come on 🤨
minus-squareYaDownWitCPP@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·5 months agoYou’ve just offended the Jamaican guy who doesn’t have US citizenship.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·5 months agoThat’s okay, he won’t be here for much longer come next year.
minus-squareShardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoLiterally no Latin or center American will be offended by the word negro
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 months 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-squareCancerMancer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoIf white is not offensive, why would black be offensive? It makes no sense.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months ago“Black” being considered offensive was a thing in the late 90’s, but it didn’t last.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months 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.
I’ll take an African American coffee.
Come on 🤨
El americano es negro.🤨
Paparo Americano
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?
“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.”
If white is not offensive, why would black be offensive? It makes no sense.
“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.