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Comment on Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth

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HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

My nigerian friend swears he’s not black but fair-skinned because one of his ancestors was white. Apparently once the bloodline gets dilluted, they don’t count as black amymore.

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gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Well, maybe in Nigeria…

Then again, race is a social construct anyway! Fair enough I guess (pun intended).

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- HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah his reasoning was how it’s defined in Nigeria. Had some fun conversations like “dude, you’re black”
  
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Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s remarkably similar to British colonialism. IIRC, they believed you “removed” that part of their lineage after 3 generations.

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