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The problem with the calls to consider cultural differences to excuse problems of race is that Black people in those different cultures tend to be treated badly as well and have their own literature about discrimination and language
It's consistently an odd thing when the people that talk about how inoffensive certain language is to Black people are people outside of that group. And people who haven't even tried to read or talk to the Black people there about whether they find that language offensive.
And this is all accessible information as well:
"For Afro-Uruguayans, racist comments are a part of daily life. 'People say things like, 'You’re so pretty for someone with dark skin!' or 'Wow, you speak really well,'' Elizabeth Suarez said." https://www.dw.com/en/empowering-afro-uruguayans-after-long-history-of-discrimination/a-17227552
"For Afro-Uruguayans, racist comments are a part of daily life. 'People say things like, 'You’re so pretty for someone with dark skin!' or 'Wow, you speak really well,'' Elizabeth Suarez said." https://www.dw.com/en/empowering-afro-uruguayans-after-long-history-of-discrimination/a-17227552
It's not relaly hard to find:
"One overarching discursive strategy used throughout the debate was the denial of racism, with arguments suggesting that divisions in social relations in Uruguay are based not on race, but on social class and education" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341910387_Discursive_racism_against_Afro-descendants_in_Uruguay
"One overarching discursive strategy used throughout the debate was the denial of racism, with arguments suggesting that divisions in social relations in Uruguay are based not on race, but on social class and education" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341910387_Discursive_racism_against_Afro-descendants_in_Uruguay
And just because certain language is normal doesn't mean that it isn't offensive:
"Vice-Minister of Culture and Education Oscar Gomez urged the Uruguayan Academy of Letters to remove racist/offensive expressions from the Dictionary of Uruguayan Spanish." https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/uruguay-debates-whether-to-clean-dictonary-of-racist-expressions
"Vice-Minister of Culture and Education Oscar Gomez urged the Uruguayan Academy of Letters to remove racist/offensive expressions from the Dictionary of Uruguayan Spanish." https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/uruguay-debates-whether-to-clean-dictonary-of-racist-expressions
Damn these typos. They will be the end of me.
