• DragonTypeWyvern
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    2 months ago

    It’s like calling a black person an oreo. It’s a racial slur, full stop.

    • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
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      1 month ago

      From article:

      He said the term “coconut” was a “well-known racial slur which has a very clear meaning” to the effect that “you may be brown on the outside, but you’re white on the inside. In other words, you’re a race traitor – you’re less brown or black than you should be.”

      That’s a different definition of ‘coconut’ than I hear here in NZ. Here it’s usually just a (derogatory) term for any Pacific Islander, because they come from where coconuts come from.

      Gotta love slang/slurs.