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At the risk of opening a can of worms .
If a Caucasian calls a person of native heritage a monkey , I can totally understand the outrage , negativity and racial undertones .
BUT , if a person of coloured skin says the same to another should it be labelled racist ?
I have indigenous mates that call each other Black B'stards which is excepted and even laughed at between them as a term of endearment .
Why I ask is that , I read in Leniu's Samoan culture Monkey is an insult made regarding someone's intellect and not to say you are a Neanderthal .
Is Mam and the bandwagon getting too precious about this ?
I really DON'T know the answer to this situation and personally it is NOT something I would say.
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My dear young friends, be smarter than a monkey!
Au uo talavou pele e, ia outou atamamai atu nai lo o se manuki!
If a Caucasian calls a person of native heritage a monkey , I can totally understand the outrage , negativity and racial undertones .
BUT , if a person of coloured skin says the same to another should it be labelled racist ?
I have indigenous mates that call each other Black B'stards which is excepted and even laughed at between them as a term of endearment .
Why I ask is that , I read in Leniu's Samoan culture Monkey is an insult made regarding someone's intellect and not to say you are a Neanderthal .
Is Mam and the bandwagon getting too precious about this ?
I really DON'T know the answer to this situation and personally it is NOT something I would say.
Samoan
Translation of "monkey" into Samoan
manuki is the translation of "monkey" into Samoan. Sample translated sentence: But we don’t need to be foolish like a monkey. ↔ Ae e le tatau ona tatou valea e pei o se manuki.or
My dear young friends, be smarter than a monkey!
Au uo talavou pele e, ia outou atamamai atu nai lo o se manuki!