This phrase you’re using is a racial slur

When I first heard the phrase “call a spade a spade”, I imagined that this was somehow referring to spades, one of the suits of cards. But since then I have learned there is a different origin to this phrase. This phrase has harmful connotations with a racial slur. Most people use this phrase to simply mean to talk frankly about something or to call it as it is. But let’s have a look at the history of this phrase to better understand what meanings it has taken on and why so many people still use it. One of its earliest usages comes from Nicolas Udall, who translated Apophthegmatum opus by Erasmus of Rotterdam. One line of the translation reads: <a href="https://medium.com/language-explained/this-phrase-youre-using-has-a-harmful-other-meaning-4a1427b26a14">Read More</a>