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by marvinvz 1702 days ago
As a confused european: this one word can cause "harm" in the USA?
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Well, if you are specifically looking for a word, any word, that might be loosely connected to your marginalized community that was spoken by someone who follows an opposing political tradition..then “apparently”.

I thought his dissection of the word “corny” as a possible slur to his Native American background was a perfect illustration of how ridiculous his situation truly was.

Not usually; unless you’re dealing with an administration with not enough vertebrae to add up to one spine between them.