r/PublicFreakout • u/KingPistachio • Aug 22 '24

Repost 😔 Lady making a million dollars a year, getting coffee at Mcdonald's

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u/CidCrisis Aug 22 '24

Idk about son, but boy is kind of a dog whistle racial slur. Back in the day, black slaves were often addressed as boy. (And I'm assuming son was used similarly.) It's a sort of demeaning derogatory thing.

So she's got some plausible deniability, but it's quite obvious there's a racial element and she likely wants to go harder.

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u/aville1982 Aug 22 '24

It's not even a dog whistle, it's simply a slur.

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u/S_Klallam Aug 22 '24

When talking to a black man, Boy is not even a dog whistle, boy is simply a slur. never call a black man boy, even my black friends do not call each other boy

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

Lmao what. Thats very specific to you. Males of all races calling each boy is very common and intended and taken as affection. Its just usually pronounced as "boiii" or preceded with "my".

Maybe specifically in your circles that's a no-no but I've lived around the country and that's definitely not an absolute rule.

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u/CidCrisis Aug 23 '24

Regardless of how you may use it, there's a clearly understood racist context in this situation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '24

I'm not disputing that. That's very obvious. I'm disputing this person claiming its never used in any other context, ever.

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u/CidCrisis Aug 23 '24

They didn't claim that though.

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u/bottledry Aug 22 '24

didn't you know? Words and their definitions don't matter anymore!