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To: grundle

#1. The word ”negro” in English is not a slur.
#2. The word ”negro”/”negra” in Spanish (pronounced NAY grow; NAY grah) means black as in the color (un sombrero negro, a black hat; tinta negra, black ink). It is also a term of endearment. It also refers to Black people.
#3. There is no perjorative racial word or slur for Black people in Spanish. There is no ”n word”. To make a racial slur, you’d have to add an adjective, like ugly, evil, etc.
#4. The administrators at this school are illiterate and should be fired.


13 posted on 05/24/2013 9:56:38 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: kabumpo

There certainly is a derogatory term for blacks in Spanish America..the word is mayate.


14 posted on 05/24/2013 10:00:05 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: kabumpo
Actually it isn't Spanish, but I used to work with Mexicans at a restaurant and they used the perjorative n-word all the time. I guess they thought it was "cool" to use all the vulgar English words they knew.

I told them to stop, or they'd get their asses beat.

By some black dude who DIDN'T think it was "cool".

22 posted on 05/24/2013 11:02:40 PM PDT by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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