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I'm constantly disappointed by the racial discrimination that still exists through language. I wanna take this s*#t to the world.
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I'm constantly disappointed by the racial discrimination that still exists through language. I wanna take this s*#t to the world.

I work in elementary education, and I'm growing increasingly sick of the examples of inst*tutionalized discrimination I see against non-standard dialects of English. And Dammit all, I wanna do som**hing about it. If I go back to school for linguistics, I don't wanna spend my years watching this kind of thing happening from my ivory tower and writing about it for other academics to read. I want...

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Coworker sent me a r***st text message, still has a job
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Coworker sent me a r***st text message, still has a job

Sometime back in February, I got a text message sent on my personal phone by a co-worker. It was in response to a conversation which was terse at my office. I did report the text message. I said that I felt threatened. End result of a week of conversation was effectively they moved the offender to another floor and forbade any of my coworkers to talk about it. They made it seem it was more of a m...

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To people raised with r***st parents/guardians, what caused you to have a different mindset?
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To people raised with r***st parents/guardians, what caused you to have a different mindset?

I'm so conflicted right now. My best friend, let's call him Mark, and I have been inseparable since middle school. We've been through everything together. Recently, Mark started dating a girl, Sarah, and I've been happy for him. However, Sarah is... a lot. She's incredibly high-maintenance, constantly needs attention, and frankly, I find her exhausting. Mark, on the other hand, seems completely ...

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My boyfriend’s family just made racial jokes about me
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My boyfriend’s family just made racial jokes about me

So my boyfriend and I have been dating for almost a year and he invited me over for a party that his family was having. Now I’ve met his parents before and they seemed very nice, respectful people. Now my boyfriend’s family is white and I’m Hispanic. When I went over there I was already a little nervous since I was meeting more of his family. They started to talk about chihuahuas and then all I ...

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AITA for really liking this Merle Haggard song?
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AITA for really liking this Merle Haggard song?

It's r***st as h**l. I recognize that. It's from a different time, I recognize that. H**l, it's basically just a song protesting affirmative action. Merle was never the most forward thinking man, but d**n if it isn't the catchiest song I've ever heard. I'm a huge Merle Haggard fan and I love this song, but people keep trying to point out to me that I can't love this song without being a r***st. ...

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Restaurant Owner Kicks Out Special Needs Child For Using Racial Slurs On African-American Family, Sparks Debate On How To Handle Disruptive Customers With Disabilities
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Restaurant Owner Kicks Out Special Needs Child For Using Racial Slurs On African-American Family, Sparks Debate On How To Handle Disruptive Customers With Disabilities

It’s last Friday night. My wife and I run a small mom & pop restaurant in the US. We are always busy on Friday nights; when we are filled to capacity, we have 300+ in our restaurant. We welcome people and groups from all backgrounds and all walks of life. We do not discriminate against anyone and take care of every customer like they are family. We are mainly a chicken and seafood grill. We ser...

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AITA for getting frustrated with foreign shoppers that don't speak my language?
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AITA for getting frustrated with foreign shoppers that don't speak my language?

I'm a retail manager in a large department store. This store likes to advertise all sorts of discounts that apply to almost nothing, or require opening a credit card, or have some other bu****it attached to them. Then they advertise 30% off and it applies to 10% of the merchandise with the other 90% taking no discounts whatsoever. It's frustrating and confusing, I a*sume deliberately. All the t...

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AITA For Not Wanting my Boyfriend to Listen to an Offensive Podcast?
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AITA For Not Wanting my Boyfriend to Listen to an Offensive Podcast?

My boyfriend and I have been together for a year. We live together and I thought we were very close and had no secrets from each other. About a month ago I heard him cracking up and he had headphones in listening to som**hing on his phone. I asked him what he was listening to (out of curiosity, not nosiness) and he said "oh it's just a s***id comedy podcast" and looked uncomfortable. I then aske...

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AITA for thinking "white t**sh" is a r***st term?
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AITA for thinking "white t**sh" is a r***st term?

Lemme start this off by saying that I'm not r***st so any terms that get used that might be considered offensive are just being used as examples. I love and hate all races equally. All of humanity is ga***ge. Anyhow, on to the matter at hand. I believe the term "white t**sh" is inherently r***st to all races *except* white people. I think using the term is actually pretty awful once you realize w...

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AItA/R***st: I tried to get a guy to clarify what he said, and he stormed out because he thought I was criticizing his grammar (which does suck)?
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AItA/R***st: I tried to get a guy to clarify what he said, and he stormed out because he thought I was criticizing his grammar (which does suck)?

The one black guy in my small office (Will) is inarticulate, and he knows it. He calls it ebonics. The rest of us are caucasians. He says things like "I *brought* a dozen eggs at the store." And it's obvious he means "bought", so anyone who tells him he should have said "bought" more than once is busting his balls because they want to be a grammar n**i. Most people do this to him, but I don't. B...

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AITA for not being more quiet after 10pm?
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AITA for not being more quiet after 10pm?

My apartment's quiet hours start at 10 pm. After 10, I don't vacuum, I keep the TV quiet, etc. But, I don't go to bed at 10 pm, so I'm up, I'm sometimes folding laundry, etc. My neighbor goes to bed at 10 pm. Sometimes, when I'm walking (not jumping, not marching, *walking*) she bangs on the floor (her ceiling) to make me, I don't know, go to bed? Last night was especially bad. Long story short,...

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AITA for refusing to sleep with my boyfriend’s dogs?
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AITA for refusing to sleep with my boyfriend’s dogs?

I recently moved in with my boyfriend (after dating about a year). The problem is that he has two large labs that sleep in his bed every night. Now, I like dogs, but I probably don’t qualify as a dog person by Reddit standards. Anyway, sharing a bed with them is too much for me. The hair, drool, etc is just not want I want in my bed. Anyway, my boyfriend apparently thought I would get past this...

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