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Are you sure you know when you’re saying something racist? Even the most PC of persons has thought of an inappropriate stereotype from time to time. Negativity can be hard to shake even when you’re trying to be a good person. But we don’t all know when we’re being racist.
Some of these commonly used phrases sound completely harmless, but they weren’t always so. Once upon a time they were racial slurs for African-Americans, Irish and even ancient people. But the real question is, when do you get far enough from the past to not feel offended any more?
It’s probably not necessary to stop saying a word that was used as an insult shortly after Christ was born. But what about the rest of these phrases? Read on to at least know the history of the words we use and decide for yourself which ones are insulting and which ones are not (and share them with us in the comments section).
