Re: Crossword clue

proginoskes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> >"Anglo" is an ethnic slur.
>> > --- Christopher Heckman
>> >
>> Seems a pretty poor attempt at racism - I thought the
>> good citizens of the USA were meant to be pretty good
>> in this area?
>
> Some of us try to be, but cases come up continually. I learned earlier
> in the semster that a certain word that begins with the letter O and is
> used to denote people from eastern Asia is actually a racist slur. The
> next time Mom called me, I told her she needed to wash her mouth out
> with soap, because she'd been using it all while I grew up, and she
> didn't know it was one.
>
> Same with the five letter K-word which refers to a German.

Are you trying to be funnier than me? "Anglo" is _sometimes_
an ethnic term, but usually not. And in no case is it a "slur."
(I should know, I am one.) You silly occidental, you.

B.

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