I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said “well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip.” And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn’t occurred to me until it’s already said.

  • ArtieShaw@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    My family always pronounced it “chewing them down,” so I was surprised to see it written the first time. I was probably in college.

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      11 months ago

      I thought it was “chewing” too. It’s not a common religion here, and the two words are not homophones with our accent.