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https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/01/09/cavaliers-coach-john-beilein-says-he-learned-lesson-in-slugs-thugs-mix-up-enunciate-better/

Cavaliers coach John Beilein says he learned lesson in slugs-thugs mix-up: Enunciate better

Words like posse, urban and thug provide learning opportunities about how racially coded language works. Cavaliers coach John Beilein who called his players thugs then said he misspoke when trying to use the word slugs said he learned his lesson. It just has nothing to do with race.

I have to be very good at choosing words very carefully and not slipping, Beilein said. When you talk a lot and you talk fast sometimes, that happens.

Its something I have to learn from and just enunciate better and just be clearer with

Ironically, Beilein trailed off a little. I think he might have finished with what my intents were. Im not sure:

LMAO!!!!!

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And it's not the onion
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Lol it's because people discovered they could use "thugs" to mean something else than its dictionary definition
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Well, TBF, people often refer old Detroit Piston as "Bad Boys" or even thugs.

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I dunno why thug is considered racial. I mean, urban and posse I can understand because they're never really used outside of a racial context, but I've heard thug used often to refer to people of every race.

does he have a lisp

ArchNemo posted...

I dunno why thug is considered racial. I mean, urban and posse I can understand because they're never really used outside of a racial context, but I've heard thug used often to refer to people of every race.

it seems to have picked up a racial connotation in the early 2010s due to being used frequently as a dogwhistle

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MutantJohn posted...

Lol it's because people discovered they could use "thugs" to mean something else than its dictionary definition

Makes one wonder if it was actually buzzword for racists that caught on or if some lurkers on Gamefaqs stole that from reading Admiral's posts

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