Sambo is an extremely offensive racist word for a Black man or boy. Students should never use it, not as a joke, not as a nickname, not “because it was in a book.” English partly took it from Spanish zambo, an old and already loaded label for a person of mixed African and Indigenous ancestry.

Sambosambo is an extremely offensive racist word是極度冒犯的種族歧視用語for a Black man or boy用來罵黑人男性或男孩。Students學生應該should never use it絕對不要用這個字，not as a joke不是開玩笑，not as a nickname也不是當暱稱，not "because it was in a book."也不是因為「書裡有寫」。English英文partly took it from Spanish zambo有部分是從西班牙文zambo借來的，an old and already loaded label這本來就是一個帶有歧視意味的old詞for a person of mixed African and Indigenous ancestry指非洲與原住民混血的人。

In English it stuck hard through a children’s story, Little Black Sambo (1899): a boy called Sambo outwits tigers, and there are a lot of pancakes. That book was once widely printed, including in East Asia; many adults now see the name, the pictures, and the way the child is treated as a joke as racist. The slur and the story-name fed each other.

In English在英文裡it stuck hard through a children's story這個字透過一本童書深深留下來，Little Black Sambo (1899)《小黑桑布》（1899年）：a boy called Sambo一個叫Sambo的男孩outwits tigers智取老虎，and there are a lot of pancakes故事裡還有很多鬆餅。That book這本書was once widely printed曾經廣泛印行，including in East Asia包括在東亞，many adults現在許多大人now see the name, the pictures, and the way the child is treated as a joke看這個名字、插圖，以及把這孩子當笑柄的方式as racist都覺得帶有種族歧視。The slur and the story-name這個歧視詞和故事裡的名字fed each other互相強化。

Though actually, two other words sit nearby and cause accidents: samba is the Brazilian dance; sambo written in small letters can also mean a Russian combat sport (that one is an acronym, a different word entirely).

Though actually不過事實上，two other words還有兩個字sit nearby and cause accidents很相近，容易搞混：samba桑巴is the Brazilian dance是巴西的舞蹈；sambosambo written in small letters小寫的sambo can also mean a Russian combat sport也可能指一種俄羅斯格鬥運動（that one is an acronym這其實是縮寫字，a different word entirely完全是另一個字）。

This Sambo, the one filed here, is the insult. There is no polite everyday use left.

This Sambo這裡收錄的Sambo，the one filed here就是指這個字，is the insult是那個侮辱性的意思。There is no polite everyday use left已經沒有任何禮貌的日常用法了。