• Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    There’s a reply (to a reply) stating that in the West it’s normal to refer to people under 18 as young men or young women/ladies as at 18 they’re adults.

    Is that true? I know I’ve been outside the states for a while but I thought it was still racist propaganda to refer to kids of minority background as young adults, or was I wrong this whole time?

    I’m guessing it was just a goof on Carl Tuckerson’s part to refer to Rittenhouse as a kid?

    • Runcible [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      It’s disingenuous. Sometimes a teen will be addressed as (but not usually called) young man / young lady but it is usually either for the purpose of criticism or just navigating their ego since teens can’t accept they’re still children.