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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Except they were also often advertised with blackface caricatures, although to my memory none of them were KKK caricature levels of bad, just stereotypical African tribe stuff.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

You didn't explain that in your first post though, you were just ignorant that negro means black in different languages

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

The etymology came before the racism.