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Re:FiveThirtyEight has a GitHub repo with story-related data... by graedus on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @08:29AM (#11813811)
W-word is "wetback", I think. I've never heard anyone use it.
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Re:FiveThirtyEight has a GitHub repo with story-related data... by freehunter on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:32PM (#11816954)
The only time I've ever heard the word was in discussions surrounding its existence as a racial slur. There are much more common slurs for Hispanic immigrants. But I've never heard it called "the w-word".
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Re:FiveThirtyEight has a GitHub repo with story-related data... by thesimpsons1022 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @10:16PM (#11819906)
I've heard it a few times growing up in southern California. believe it or not people are pretty racist.
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