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lmm 7 hours ago

Apparently there's some specific US cultural history of people calling black people "monkeys" as a racist insult, and so some people from there immediately leap to assume that any use of "monkey" as an insult is that.

ekropotin 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What racism has to do with it?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=code%20monke...

brabel 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You think that’s an American thing only?? Oh boy, I have bad news.

DANmode 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oh wow.

Following now.

Sheesh.

wilg 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ridiculous to claim this is a "US-specific thing" https://www.academia.edu/22669911/Comparing_black_people_to_...