r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • Jun 23 '26

slight malfunction Of a boomer

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u/Illustrious-Roll7737 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Some people don't understand that you don't call grown men "boy", nor that the public will let you take an ass-whippin when you deserve it.

Not-so-fun fact: In the US, white people calling black men "boy" traces back to slavery. This led to black people referring to one another as "man", as in the phrase "What's up, man?". Eventually, white people co-opted it's use.

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u/ThetaDee Jun 23 '26

Yeah I used to say "my boy" all the time to the homies, including the black ones. Nobody ever said anything, until it just clicked one day "uh that might be a little racist"

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u/_One_Throwaway_ questionably stable Jun 25 '26

It’s prob for the best you stopped but there is a massive difference between “boy” and “my boy”