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Originally Posted by Shaun
I've never understood this line of defense. Things don't have to be malicious to be racist and propagating dated stereotypes. And an accent isn't a crude costume of someone's skin colour.
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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, are they being racist, or have they just not moved with the times?
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