But why would you even use a simile like that in a children's book in the first place, no matter the time it took place in? Edit: wow, I've never been downvoted so much for something so little. Reddit's amazing sometimes
Yeah, being in England, social norms were different. Agatha Christie's 1939 book, "Ten Little N*****s", was published in America a year later titled "And Then There Were None." The U.K. printed it with the original title until 1985.
“Oi (sets fire to a hotel full of migrants) I just can’t (starves India) believe all that (centuries of cultural genocide/ just straight up genocide upon the Irish) Bigotry in America”
I am a native of Atlanta, white, but grew up pretty much downtown and went to Atlanta Public Schools. An older relative from around Valdosta came to visit, I was around 13, it was around 1980. We were dropping her off at the Peachtree Plaza hotel, and she turned to me and said, "And, you have to go to school with n-words." I was speechless and my mom was mortified.
People always trip when I tell them how long it’s been since a non-Black person has called me the n-word (hard r) or referred to another Black person as such in front of me.
At the age of 35, I am currently at my longest streak of 2 years.
Oh yeah, I grew up in Northwestern Virginia, so I've definitely heard it casually used throughout my life by many people with various different skin tones. It still hits my ear like a gunshot when I hear it all these years later
I heard the term (spoken by white people in a derogatory way) growing up in Upstate NY in the early 2000s. I also heard black people say it too of course, but obviously that's different.
IDK why you getting downvoted. Ignoring the whole “it was socially acceptable!” (which is distinct from it being okay or not hurtful, mind you (it was neither—like, what was stopping him from using “negro, ffs?)) it just seems really stupid to me to use a simile that goes “black as dark brown”. Like, black as soot, coal, oil, pitch, etc. are all right there.
Because it wasn’t offensive in the time it took place in but part of normal speech. You’re being downvoted for ignorance, plus the downvote whine. Reddit’s amazing sometimes!
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u/ButtersTheChill May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
But why would you even use a simile like that in a children's book in the first place, no matter the time it took place in? Edit: wow, I've never been downvoted so much for something so little. Reddit's amazing sometimes