cawacko
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I shared the story of my 7th grade nephew earlier, of his classmate who first called him a monkey and then called him a 'hard R'. Is my nephew going to not being able to go on living because of that? Of course not. But this idea that what the kid said is fine and my nephew shouldn't be sensitive about it is fvcked up to me.Your example is not that about which I'm speaking.
I agree that what you've illustrated is classless.
Here's an example of what I mean:
"It's considered totally unacceptable among civilized Americans to refer to dark-skinned people as 'niggers.' "
We're just referring to the word. Why do we have to be so hyper-sensitive that we have to say "N-word?"
To me, it's childish. The people with whom I have frequent discourse aren't that delicate.
No other word has the history the n-word does and that's why it hits so hard. If within groups of mixed race people (including black people) non-black people use the n*word and it's deemed acceptable then that's something between friends. But that's usually not how the word is used. And when people use it here it's not saying hello to friends.