I asked my human PJ about this, and she felt that as a black person she would feel offended if someone called her a monkey, as she would feel that they were insulting her race. She acknowledged that in the past people may have referred to a naughty child as a “cheeky monkey”, but now people need to be more aware of the connotations of this “innocent” phrase.

And besides, no self-respecting monkey wants to be called a human.

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