this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Was it the word mulatto? That is definitely regional on how offensive it is, or more accurately how offensive it used to be. I didn't know it could even be considered a slur til I moved 2000 miles away. Again, this was in the late 90s and I know language evolves with time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Man you got me curious

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

If you're supposed to run a sensitivity training you'd better master the subject and people sensitivities, so this was a 2 x 0 loss