This may seem kind of stupid but I am kind of stupid, is there a list somewhere of phrases that are stupid or insensitive racially or gender biased?

Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 160 points –

I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said "well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip." And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn't occurred to me until it's already said.

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Why is it offensive?

It would probably be like calling Beemers and Mercedes bratwvrst-mobiles.

You completely missed an opporitunity for kraut-cars.

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