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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also pretty old... 50s vintage. I don't know the latest slurs for my kind myself 🤔
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Maybe people have become so enlightened that there aren't any. 🤔
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more likely I simply privileged out of strata where slurs are a living tradition

