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Originally Posted by schteve_d
I use thug somewhat regularly and have never even considered it to have any sort of racial connotation. The Merriam Webster dictionary, Wiktionary, Wikipedia, Cambridge English dictionary. None of these sources cite any racial connotation.
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I can't speak for other black people but I don't inherently find the word offensive. I admit that at certain times the goalposts are inexplicably moved as to what words are offensive and in what context... not that this is an admission that I'm obligated to make.
If somebody calls me a thug I'm offended because I'm not a thug, not because I'm black and they called me a thug.