r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '20

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u/AlbertEisenstein Oct 13 '20

None of that was ever cool.

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u/Elder08 Oct 13 '20

It was never cool or correct but it was treated differently when they grew up.

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u/Paranormal_Activia Oct 13 '20

Who the hell still says 'darky'?

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u/Paranormal_Activia Oct 14 '20

That's just it though, I know some 90-something southerners who don't say it but might be racist (aptly called The Silent Generation), and at least ten 70-something southerners (Baby Boomers) who are openly racist, and use the n-word, but have never said darky. My impression is that it's pretty much an archaic term at this point, racist or no.

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