This slur was used to abuse Concetta's father. For her, it's a proud identity - SBS Examines: እዚ ቃል ንኣቡኣ (ንኮንሰታ) ጸርፊ ዝነበረ ንዕኣ ግን ዘኹርዕ መንነት ኮይኑ episode artwork

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This slur was used to abuse Concetta's father. For her, it's a proud identity - SBS Examines: እዚ ቃል ንኣቡኣ (ንኮንሰታ) ጸርፊ ዝነበረ ንዕኣ ግን ዘኹርዕ መንነት ኮይኑ

from SBS Tigrinya - ኤስ.ቢ.ኤስ ትግርኛ

The term was used as an insult towards Greek and Italian migrants who arrived after the Second World War. But the generations that follow have reclaimed 'wog', redefining their cultural identity. - 'ዎግ' (Wog) ዝብል ቃል ነቶም ድሕሪ ካልኣይ ኲናት ዓለም ካብ ግሪኽን ኢጣልያን ናብ ኣውስትራልያ ዝመጹ ሰባት መጻረፊ ኮይኑ ኣገልጊሉ። ድሕሪኦም ዝመጹ ወለዶታት ግን ባህላዊ መንነቶም ዝተፈልየ ትርጉም ብምሃብ ነቲ ቃል ወኒኖሞ ወይ ናቶም ገይሮሞ።

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This slur was used to abuse Concetta's father. For her, it's a proud identity - SBS Examines: እዚ ቃል ንኣቡኣ (ንኮንሰታ) ጸርፊ ዝነበረ ንዕኣ ግን ዘኹርዕ መንነት ኮይኑ

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