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USC Professor on leave after students were offended that a Chinese word he used during a lecture sounded like an English racial slur (twitter.com)

posted 4 years ago by YesMovement 4 years ago by YesMovement +63 / -0

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– lgbtqwtfbbq 29 points 4 years ago +29 / -0

This problem exists in industry as well. When we name products we have to make sure we don't run into this problem somewhere in the world.

Welcome to the multicultural world you likely spent your entire career fighting for: your prize is making sure everything you say conforms to the cultural sensibilities of the entire world.

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