Reply to post: Re: crafted in the style of African American English (AAE)

Oh dear... AI models used to flag hate speech online are, er, racist against black people

Cederic Silver badge

Re: crafted in the style of African American English (AAE)

However, without challenging your primary point about whether words should be removed from the language or not, I will state that allowing or disallowing use of a word based on the skin colour of the person using it is textbook racism.

Nobody I work with will be using the word nigger in the office, because I'll be stopping that immediately. That goes for nigga too, as that's frankly the same word; changing the spelling doesn't change the social acceptability.

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