Being Australian I am totally aware of how deeply offensive the derogatory and racist term "abo" is to describe Australian "first nations" people. To these people it's equivalent of calling a African American a "n*****" and will generate a similar response when used to describe these people.
As this term is possibly not as known as well as the "N" word as to the extent its offensive nature and hopefully wasn't used in that context, this should be a reminder that we shouldn't use words that are potentially offensive to others when describing them.
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