Also, 'Negro' isn't the N word. Capital N Negro was the preferred term for decades, up until the Malcolm X era.
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Also that word in bunch of languages still means black person
Can confirm for Spanish.
Context: During the Haitian Revolution, France hired Polish mercenaries to go to Haiti and help with putting the slave rebellion down. After arriving, the Polish mercenaries immediately recognized they had much more in common with the other people being oppressed by major European powers and joined the revolution on the Haitians' side. After the revolution and because of some of the most severe international sanctions in world history (many of which are still in effect to this day), the Polish mercenaries were now completely Haitian and were legally declared "black" by the new Haitian government.
That man is a true revolutionary, like Washington and Bolivar, of the Americas.
Then it's settled. I have Polish heritage and therefore posses the N-word pass.
Ah, so that's where the Lemmy dev's screen name comes from. Neat.
I was alarmed at their screen name before learning they're Polish
After that, Dessalines got murdered.
And still after that, he admined Lemmy, history is crazy.
Isn't Vaush/Ian Kochinski like part-Polish? That makes the N-word incident not problematic.
I was only recently learned that Haiti and Jamaica are in North America...
Politics and culture have more weight than pure geography. Haiti is better described as part of the Caribbean, which like the Pacific Islands, is almost it's own thing. Geographically, it's more North than South American, but that distinction isn't useful for understanding it. The Americas can be broken down into the zones of Central, North, South, and the Caribbean. Culturally, it can best be divided in two as English America and Latin America. The traditional North vs South line betrays how the US and Canada relate to every other American country.
I wish we legally recognized overlap with our geographic categorization. Eastern Europe overlaps with both Europe and Asia. North and South America overlap in Central America and the Caribbean. The Middle East overlaps with Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe. Regions really aren't exclusive.
Anyone want my pass? I feel like I'm not gonna use it.
How did Poland earn it?
Napoleon sent polish troops to fight a slave rebellion, poles declared they were supposed to fight for freedom not against it and changed sides.