I Have a Question

When did the word ninja become a racial slur? I'm so out of the loop.
I asked a guy at work for his help reaching something high on a shelf. And he jokingly asked me why I didn't climb up to get it.

And I said,"I'm not a ninja."
And he told me it was racist. He was joking still. But he asked me if I ever used the n word before.

I couldn't figure it out.

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Serenitree · F

]Here's a good one. Remember how Lucy used to say "you're a good man Charlie Brown" in the Peanuts cartoons? I said that to a young man who had helped me carry a heavy box up some steps. He kicked the box and snarled at me. Next time you can do it yourself. I asked him why he was angry. He said he didn't do things for people to be insulted.

I wasn't aware that good man or Charlie Brown was insulting. Unfortunately, I was laughing too hard to be able to call out an apology.