The Thai Football Association has issued a lifetime ban to Thai referee Mr. Somsak Poosomnuek for using a racial slur in Thai, equivalent to the N-word (‘Ai Dam’), against Abdulkordiri Hamid, a Thai-Ghanaian football player fluent in Thai, during a third division game. In his defense, he claimed it wasn’t racist, pointing to his own darker skin tone compared to the typical Thai individual. Additionally, he noted that his friends have consistently referred to him as ‘Ai Dam’ throughout his life.
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https://www.siamsport.co.th/football-thailand/thaileague-3/35815/
https://www.siamsport.co.th/football-thailand/thaileague-3/37131/
I wouldn’t use that phrase to describe anyone but it isn’t equivalent to the N word.
I know 100% what you mean bro. There’s this word in Korean that’s a slang for blacks and isn’t appropriate but isn’t anything like the n-word, because it doesn’t have the cruel history/context behind it. But it didn’t stop idiotic Black American youtubers/tiktokers from making a dumbass social experiment videos acting like they’re the victims because such a word exists and getting confused Koreans to say it’s a translation of the n-word
Yeah different cultures have different mindsets. Right or wrong I’m not going to discuss but things does get taken out of contex when you are from a different place, raised a different way etc.