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I don't see anything wrong with using the n word. The past is the past, now the word means different things in different contexts.

I.e.

What's up my n. ? = What's up my friend/brother

BitchA$$N. = Someone doing something bad or cowardly, etc.

I don't think people are using the word now in the same racist context it was used in the past.

Charlamagne tha god explains it well on here. It's 3:50 min long, so not bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyD3pomSxko

Last edited by Warmey#4835 on Jan 4, 2015, 7:59:13 PM

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Warmey#4835
on Jan 4, 2015, 7:23:04 PM

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BearCares wrote:

Hi, I'm a black man and I have a thought on the n-word. Being on the internet you run into white people using it a lot. Especially young white people who don't understand anything about what the world actually means.

That said, it's a losing battle to fight against everyone who uses it inappropriately so you just have to let it slide.

Honestly though, I think that white people CAN use the n-word artfully and in an entertaining way the same as black rappers or black comics can. Unfortunately... the way that it is generally use online lacks all artful sentiment and isn't entertaining and so it comes off as completely out of place and as though that person is simply being "an attention whore".

If my white, Asian, jewish, whatever friends use the n-word. I trust them, so it doesn't bother me one bit. Because they are intelligent, loving people. But if some random guy uses the n-word in his name with a "lol what's the matter" kind of attitude. I will click the report offensive name option in the path of exile chat menu.

Thank you for your time. =)

That's a pretty mellow perspective, thanks for sharing.

I'm a big fan of "context matters", mostly because I feel that taking away a word, phrase, or idea is a dangerous precedent regardless of the reason - it further empowers them and the people who use them to be offensive.

But, that's like just my opinion brah. And as a fat, white, post-middle-age-but-not-quite-golden-aged-well-maybe-a-little man, I have found that my opinions on such matters are usually pretty far removed from everyone elses :)

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