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minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 hours agono slurs or it uses antiquated slurs we have forgotten about? or slurs we excuse because were common back them? I counted 160 “moro” in Don Quixote.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-23 hours ago“Moro” is still commonly used and not considered a slur. It can be used incorrectly to refer to any muslin person but is not offensive in itself.
minus-squarebingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours agoJust because it’s not considered offensive by white Spaniards does not mean it’s not offensive https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/29187/is-moro-a-racist-term#30243
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoSo it’s more of an example of a normal term used to describe a group that becomes disliked and turns into a slur. Like “American” for example - neutral term that slowly becomes a slur.
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoit 100% is a slur, only people who disagree are the ones using them
no slurs or it uses antiquated slurs we have forgotten about? or slurs we excuse because were common back them?
I counted 160 “moro” in Don Quixote.
“Moro” is still commonly used and not considered a slur. It can be used incorrectly to refer to any muslin person but is not offensive in itself.
Just because it’s not considered offensive by white Spaniards does not mean it’s not offensive
https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/29187/is-moro-a-racist-term#30243
So it’s more of an example of a normal term used to describe a group that becomes disliked and turns into a slur. Like “American” for example - neutral term that slowly becomes a slur.
it 100% is a slur, only people who disagree are the ones using them