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  • I'm definitely not using boss man in a casual racism way but happy to stop using it if that's the way it's perceived.

    I've always seen it as a term of deference to an authority figure - owner of a shop - in the same way I call most brown men older than me uncle, often just to wind them up if they're obviously a similar age or younger than me

  • I'm definitely not using boss man in a casual racism way but happy to stop using it if that's the way it's perceived.

    I've always seen it as a term of deference to an authority figure - owner of a shop

    Loads of shop workers call male customers 'boss', too.

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