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Originally Posted by Vulcan
calling someone an Oreo means is somewhat a racial epithet. It means you are black on the outside and white on the inside
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Disagree. The
primary meaning of that word is a cookie. Yes, there is a well-known (but less used) "racial" meaning to the word, but as you said yourself, any racial tone to the word wouldn't even make sense here.
We can't and shouldn't just stop using every word that has ever been used as a slur against someone. If anything we should reclaim these types of words that are perfectly common and innocent by themselves. It's not like the word is going to just go away whether or not we use it. (Well, not as long as Oreos are sold anyway.)
If anything, using Oreo as a reference to something else lessens the impact of that words other meanings.