An interesting story about Neighbours being racist. I read the twitter post with interest. An actor has had to undergo therapy because of the “multiple racist traumas”. They list several examples. I doubt anybody would disagree that the use of the N word is racist.
But then there is the other example – somebody used the term “slave driver”. Is that something that would cause racist trauma? I have reviewed several other claims of racism – one suggestion is that we should avoid saying “Hip hip hooray” because it might be anti-Semitic.
So is the term slave driver racist? Or is it offensive? Well if somebody is offended then it is offensive. But is slavery always associated with race? How modified should our language become?