Lil monkey is pretty common in Australia for kids too, along the lines of ‘lil rascal’ (still not acceptable for use against black kids, obviously).

My husband and I are white, and I used to call my daughter “monkey-face” when she was three and four. In my defense, she had a monkey face.

Well put. Really it just comes down to manners, and manners are hard. We all screw up sometimes, but that doesn’t make minding your manners any less your responsibility. One general rule is you’re not supposed to say things that will offend or insult people. When your manners are really atrocious and people work…

Seriously. In the age of the Internet and 800+ TV channels there really is no excuse.

Lots of British people call kids “monkeys” as a term of endearment. I thought your grandma may have been British. A few have been quite miffed at being told off for calling black kids monkeys, even though it was meant affectionately. Context is everything— and you can’t call a black kid a monkey- even sweetly- and…

Looks like Tremuka was created specifically as an apologist for her racism.

STOP bringing Locomotive Jones out of the grays, damn it! 😡😡😡

Also see numerous British celebrities using “boy” in the US over the years, with zero comprehensive of the ensuing horror.

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Same ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

“it TWIRLED UP!”

I don’t know what the beef is but the saltiness makes me pro whatever is going on

my what?

“It is like it was revealed an asteroid is about to destroy the planet, and people are trying to show the best things before it all ends......”

*slowly slides cheetah-print work slippers under the desk and out of sight*

I was unreasonably excited until I clicked on the profile and learned that it was from the fake account. :(

He looks like fucking grilled chicken.

Geese deserve what they get.

There’s only one source for the claim that Wendi Deng is Putin’s paramour, Us Weekly.