TIL 'wog' (dated slur for South Asians) apparently derives from golliwog, which I thought was used only for Africans
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Never heard of either of them. [this post intended as insight pr0n]
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British empire thing. Particularly applied to those who got anglicized to the point of English as a first language, like me.
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In Australia it was used largely against Greek and Italian migrants (50s/60s?) Eventually kinda co-opted: m.imdb.com/title/tt021641
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Australian cultural exceptions are rounding errors globally 😂
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some source long ago [Tuchmin's Stillwell?] said it was worthy oriental gentleman.
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