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Not only AI.

Spanish speakers have gotten into trouble for using the Spanish word for black in other contexts, like:

British audience misunderstanding Spanish phrase by an Uruguayan player.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9104039/M...

https://elpais.com/deportes/2020-12-23/gracias-negrito-la-ac...

German players misunderstanding Spanish word:

https://apnews.com/article/sports-2020-tokyo-olympics-africa...?

https://twitter.com/Romein0omatic1/status/141646122833191322...

Yes, it's just sad that some people start judging beforehand, implying malicious behavior rather than misunderstanding.

And other people want to be offended, even when there is no insult, just different cultural norms.

That last link is the distilled essence of Twitter to me. A white woman from America telling a black person that he doesn't understand what a black person's perspective would be on the topic of racial slurs and how they [mis]translate across languages.

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