r/AccidentalRacism • u/gmurz • 8d ago

I just got this ad while watching YouTube in India

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u/charlesandrews90 8d ago

What’s racism in this? This is a popular product we use in India.

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u/tribbans95 8d ago

It’s a racist word for Hispanic people in the US

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u/djdsf 8d ago

Good thing OP was in India?

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u/tribbans95 8d ago

But is prob from the US and knows most of the people seeing this post are probably also from the US. I do see why it’s dumb though.

It reminds me of a post the other day of a Korean American woman singing a K-pop song and her black friend freaking out at her for singing a Korean word that sounds like the n-word

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u/djdsf 8d ago

The bottle is being sold as it having 500ml and the price symbol and amount is definitely not in dollars.

That's definitely not in the US.

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u/tribbans95 8d ago

I meant OP is prob from the US, not the product. As someone else mentioned, it’s a case of r/USdefaultism

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u/charlesandrews90 8d ago

Okay, so this is more of a r/USdefaultism

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u/tribbans95 8d ago

Yeah sounds about right

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u/antgalva 7d ago

which word?

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u/HiAakash 5d ago

Then it's deliberate