# Los Angeles and Safety

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-and-safety/681648>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 18, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-and-safety/681648 "2014-02-18T20:35:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-and-safety/681648/21 "2014-02-20T16:35:41Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> And not everyone finds “wetback” offensive. I most heard it used by a Mexican acquaintance of mine … ."

And sometimes black people call each other “nigger”. That doesn’t mean that it’s still not offensive in most contexts.

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