Culture Shock

"What's a cotton-mouth?" While poking a snake with a stick. My answer: "Something that can kill you, so stop poking it with a stick and get away from it." This was prompted by my being, apparently, the only middle schooler present at the field trip who knew enough about one of the only snakes native to the area that is venomous enough to kill a h......   reply

how can you watch anime? don't their eyes move?....   1 reply

I'm not black, I'm mixed AND live in south america, so imma be honest and say that it really the meaning of the word depends A LOT of the TONE, CONTEXT and INTENTION that the person saying it gives it. In my case, I've beard people say it with pride, love and joy, they embrace their color or are very loved and cared for by friends or lovers; at the......   1 reply

It really does depend on using it in a sentence, yes we do flip out when we hear the word negro out of context, but once provided as long as it wasnt in a rude manner or simply a language barrier. There's difference in a non American describe something and said negro in their sentence and somebody straight up calling the other a negro.   reply

i think using that word to refer to people nowadays is considered outdated and would be considered derogatory/racist, no?? Mainly older people would use that word. Moreno/Morena is used a more frequently now when referring to a person. Negro/negra is still used but is only/should be used for non-human things, cause it's a color/descriptor. I do wan......   reply

I want to add that negro and negra are pronounced differently in the spanish language than it is in english in spanish it's "nay-gro"/"nay-gra" whereas in english it's "nee-gro" I speak spanish and live in the USA, and most of the time i use the word I'm not even thinking about racial undertones because I'm just using it in everyday language. Lik......   reply

When I was in high school and just learning Spanish, we would joke about it when we first heard the word but we didn’t think too much of it. Now that I’m older and studying Spanish in university, I can say I’ve never heard my professor or any of my peers use the term to refer to a person(they usually use afroamerican@, afrolatin@, etc.), it c......   reply

I’m not trying to be insensitive or racist okay? Honestly I’m curious too. I’m guessing you’re from Philippines? I mean my country has a Province called “Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental”. We have a bread called “pan de negro” A sugar called “negrong asukal” Our indigenous people are also called Negritos . But ever since ......   1 reply

We don’t think anything cause it’s fine. It’s basically just black lol. No one is gon trip about that   reply