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Originally Posted by Cherie
an accent is just as much a part of someone's culture as is skin colour imo. I think it is all about intent, for instance a lot of the older generation still use the word "coloured", many don't use it as a racial slur they use it because it was acceptable back in the day and they are none the wiser that it is no longer unacceptable.
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It demonstrates to me that the younger generation have no better understanding of a different generation than the older generation do and are just as intolerant to different views as those they accuse of intolerance. We have seen such intolerance on here by the bucket-load.