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wait I was told recently by a native speaker that ho*ky (there's no damn way to bleep this out without it looking like I mean Hockey lol) was a slur against black people? @ hexbear was I being misled?
It is used by black americans for white peoples exclusively. White supporters of the Black Panthers even used as a self-designation.
Idk what that person thought but its not a slur for black people.
Honky means a white person, and afaik it's unclear where it comes from. Entirely possible that there's another slur for black people that sounds similar, there are a lot of slurs out there, but nothing is coming to mind off the top of my head.
I have seen it used that way because people just love making up new ways to be rascist. There is no one that would assume it to be anything other than for a cracker without specific context clues
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Beat me, I was gonna post some screenshot from a pirated text book but this is a better idea.