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What does it mean?
Edward VIII uses racist slurs to describe British coloured workers and Panamanians in Panama, focusing on smell and race.
In plain terms
He insulted workers and locals based on race and stereotypes.
What can you take from it?
Do not stereotype people based on race or nationality.

Where it applies

  • historical research
  • labor history

Putting it to work

  • critique colonial racism
  • study labor conditions

Questions to consider

  • How were colonial workers treated historically?
  • Why are slurs used to devalue people?

Another view

This quote is highly offensive and uses dehumanizing language.

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