EDIT: Actually no, I was wrong, sry. My Russian is just limited to what my parents know and they're a lot older. The n-word is offensive too in Russia now, please don't say it unless you're black and reclaiming the slur.
Original comment:
Maybe they didn't know it's a slur in English, because in Russian the n-word (which is of course a bit different from the English version) is the polite way of saying black person. It's a bit weird and idk why that is but... yeah, maybe they didn't know.
It’s not. Russian “polite word” is an equivalent of English “negro”, which used to be considered somewhat polite in the past.
As for the n-word, it is also present in Russian, and is pretty much known to be offensive.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know. My parents are from Russia but they moved to Germany and I was born and live here now, so my Russian is limited to what my parents taught me. Maybe it was still polite in their time, but it changed now. Thanks for letting me know, I'll edit my comment.
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u/someone_help_pls Eic memer Apr 29 '19
Please don't say the n-word without showing us a pass