• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 hours ago

    Racist people in the US use the word, in this context, to mean brown people.

    I believe the comment was using it ironically

    • smeenz@lemmy.nz
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      10 hours ago

      Ah, thanks. I’m not American and had not seen the word used as euphemism like that, so it was a very puzzling comment without that context.