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In reply to the discussion: As a white guy, I'm perfectly fine with the fact I can't say N______. Even if black people can. [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)127. Wow, that's optimistic
I don't give this species 500 more years. We are dead men walking. Earth, OTOH, she has geologic time.
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As a white guy, I'm perfectly fine with the fact I can't say N______. Even if black people can. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2013
OP
Actually the word is very old, derives from Craic (pronounced crack) which is a word
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#91
It's really not twisting anything. If you're an outsider to an oppressed group, you don't get a say.
noamnety
Jul 2013
#64
And of course it is the duty of all black people to advance relations with whites.
Chemisse
Jul 2013
#97
Yes! Ignorance and stupidity are the cause-- what we often call "racism"...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2013
#51
This idea that some people "can't use" these words is also silly: anyone CAN use them
alcibiades_mystery
Jul 2013
#23
Who is the black comic who tried that on stage and admitted it didn't work...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2013
#44
'The other' team/group/person/nation/religion/creed/etc is always easy to 'classify' and
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#39
Me too, but it may be another few thousand years of evolution before we get there...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2013
#47
I officially give up my right to call anyone derogatory names based on their ethnicity
coldmountain
Jul 2013
#42
Exactly what I believe, the cringe worthy, racist term has been 'reappropriated'
nenagh
Jul 2013
#61
I'm using this the next time one of my older +60 friends uses the "N" word....
Historic NY
Jul 2013
#45
There actually is/was a National Association for the Advancement of White People
KamaAina
Jul 2013
#52
When my sister was about 8 yrs. old she called a friend of my dad's a "bastard"
loyalsister
Jul 2013
#54
All of the derogatory terms to describe any group of people should be unacceptable
AndyA
Jul 2013
#65
And when whites' status changes from majority to plurality white privilege will
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#73
Even within the family, this is true-- my black relatives may use it but I never would
carolinayellowdog
Jul 2013
#79
For a hundred years after the Civil War blacks in the South were denied jobs off the plantations...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#80
i'll end the discussion. no one should use it ever, ever, ever. period, end of report!
Nanjing to Seoul
Jul 2013
#107