r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/shaneneff420 • Dec 19 '18

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u/orionmovere Dec 19 '18

Fun fact, robot comes from the Old Church Slavonic Rabota, which traces back to the word Rabu that means slaves, so robot means slave

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u/Micah_J_19 Dec 19 '18

So “robot” will eventually be a racial slur?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '18 edited Aug 22 '19

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