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X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts (www.theguardian.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1194333/x-accused-of-giving-racists-impunity-after-refusing-to-bar-n-and-p-word-posts

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[–] 11 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Is Spaniard not the correct term?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    the one person from spain that i knew told me not to use it. she said it was like using ‘chinaman’

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    “Spaniard” is the preferred and most-official demonym. IDK what she was on about.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    NGL I sat here for like 40 seconds wondering what you call people from Spain before remembering that Spanish can refer to both language and people.

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