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pipoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-10 06:49 AM
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20. It is simple
racial slurs simply aren't in my vocabulary. I have been called every kind of name and slur by every nationality and ethnicity. I don't find it particularly upsetting.

I believe that the indiscriminate use of this word by some black entertainers is particularly damaging to the effort to wash the word from the lips of non-blacks. Like it or not, use by musicians in particular results in people repeating those words when singing along, which results in spaced repetition of use of the word, which makes the word more likely to be used outside of the sing-along. I have yet to find these black artists request that whites not purchase their product...not that it would do any good. I do believe more of the black community are vocally in opposition to the use by these artists who are the most visible users of it. When it becomes more likely that a random African American is offended if a African American stranger uses the word it their presence, we will see the word disappear...this, I believe, is getting more common.

My 19 year old boys don't know the meaning of the word "pollack", when I was a kid it was a common slur...someday in the near future this word can disappear too, it will require everyone to quit using it.
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