• mathemachristian[he]@lemmy.ml
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    21 hours ago

    It seems a weird and very specific label applied to people of a very particular skin colour and heritage, to avoid using the word black, even though that’s not, on its own, a racist term. It’s just a descriptive visual trait, like tall, thin, white, muscly, gaunt, etc.

    I would look at how african americans label themselves. How white people label them is irrelevant to the discussion imo.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      i agree with you except the conversation is mostly among white folk about how to label Black vernacular, hence why it always feels at least a little racist.