Reply to post: Re: Loaded words replaced by euphemisms

Linux kernel coders propose inclusive terminology coding guidelines, note: 'Arguments about why people should not be offended do not scale'

ratfox
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Re: Loaded words replaced by euphemisms

That concept was in the English language a thousand or more years before anyone English encountered a black person

Er, no. Black people were known in Europe since before English language existed. Vikings were actually known for traveling a lot and bringing back prisoners, e.g:

"In 862 AD the Annals of Ireland record the landing of black slaves [...] by Vikings returning from raids on Spain and North Africa."

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