TIL 'wog' (dated slur for South Asians) apparently derives from golliwog, which I thought was used only for Africans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog
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Replying to @vgr
Never heard of either of them. [this post intended as insight pr0n]
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Replying to @emusdrinking
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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Replying to @emusdrinking
the equivalent term for Americas is coolie or makaka
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Replying to @emusdrinking
also pretty old... 50s vintage. I don't know the latest slurs for my kind myself
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Replying to @vgr
Maybe people have become so enlightened that there aren't any.
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Replying to @emusdrinking
more likely I simply privileged out of strata where slurs are a living tradition
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