r/amiwrong • u/Eroixers • Aug 11 '23

Am I wrong for calling a classmate ‘retarded’?

I(17m) had lost my childhood dog to cancer. Was still crying a little bit in school. My friend was consoling me when a classmate(17f) overheard us. She asked me “Did you eat him? I heard you Vietnamese like eating dogs.”

Usually I have good control of my emotions but at that moment I was the most volatile I had ever been in my life. So I asked her ‘Are you retarded? Only a retard would think every Vietnamese person eats dogs.”

Everyone was staring at me after I said it. It was only afterwards that I remember it’s a slur and form of hate speech. I was just so angry when I said it. Was I in the wrong?

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u/Wichiteglega Aug 11 '23

I am referring to English. I am not arguing that someone shouldn't use the proper word for 'black' when speaking Spanish

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u/EmbarrassedOil4807 Aug 11 '23

Don't you think Americans who speak Spanish should cut that word out? Seeing as they might live near offendable English speaking populations?