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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a screen name for a forum I frequent. The name includes the word "nappy" (e.g. NappyMD) My DD said that I should change it because the word "nappy" is racist. I used the word because it is a reference to a nickname we had for our dog. DD and I are both white. [b]When I think of the the word nappy, I think of the British name for diapers[/b]. Is the word racist? [/quote] Did you grow up in England? I grew up in the Midwest, where almost everybody was white, and even I think nappy is a word for hair texture, not for baby sanitary arrangements.[/quote] I think of diapers and I didn't grow up in England. I only think of hair when the adjective is followed by the word hair. Can anything else be nappy besides hair? Serious question. Do people drop the word hair and still use it in that context? I would not use it where it could be so misunderstood, as demonstrated here. [/quote]
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