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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think there is a difference when it's one man addressing a group of women. [b]Just like "negro" was at one point neutral, it would be considered terribly racist today[/b]. Ladies isn't as extreme, but because we used to use "ladies" in the workplace to tell them to get coffee, dress cutely, and be a secretary only it might be time for a different term given the associations in that particular environment.[/quote] It would? Heavens me. It's just the Spanish word for "black." What are we supposed so say? Because "African-American" isn't always accurate, "nigger" is an epithet, "colored" just sounds prejudiced. How about, "[i]you[/i] people?'[/quote]
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