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Originally posted by FHwku
they're scrambling to cover their asses for something that wasn't even a racist statement.
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Without knowing her, how can you determine what her intentions were? True, she could use this term in her everyday speech to refer to her family and friends. However, it's certainly is not uncommon for some form of the terms ape or monkey to be used in an offensive manner towards African Americans. One of the most common uses was 'porch monkey', which was (and sometimes still is) used to degrade and dishonor blacks. I can't help but to notice the similarities btwn the two. Are you just giving her the benefit of the doubt, or is this a popular pet name that all people in this town use for one another?