On 2018-01-28 4:07 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2018-01-28 11:25 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2018-01-28 1:00 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>>>>> So, 'nappy' is a slang term for dreadlocks?
>>>>
>>>> Yes it is.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have never heard nappy as slang for dredlocks, but that doesn't
>>> mean it's not so just because I have never heard it.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It would be a localism. Until I googled it, I had never heard the term
>> nappy being used about African hair. I had only ever heard it used in
>> reference to diapers. Therefore, my use of the word would never have
>> been used as a racial slur, despite the fact that there are too many
>> people in the world who think there is a right to be offended.
>>
>>
>>
> I think you mean "a right NOT to be offended!"

No. They can avoid being offended by accepting that they sun does not
rise and set on them alone. A single benign comment can offend a number
of people in different ways.