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Always the Same Map

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the human zoo in france was called "Bamboula's village"

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[–] ComradeSpahija@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

“Bamboula” [...] (a racial slur, dating from colonial times).

So this is how I learn that "bamboula", which everyone in my family uses to mean "a mess" ("c'est la bamboula!") is a racial slur... I guess I'm thankful I haven't heard the term be used in years, but still...