Thread: The N word
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Old 07-18-2008, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by myview View Post
I agree that it is a bad word. No argument there, but i will never understand why some people can use it and others can't. Can some one please explain this to me. I have never heard an explination that satisfies me. Maybe this has already been discused. If so I apoligize for bringing it up again. It just seems to me that black Americans have a double standard on several issues. For instance jokes. I'm a portagee and people tell dumb portagee jokes all the time and I'm not offended.
I heard a black person explain that it's a "bad word" because of the hurt that it reminds them of. So, if the word brings back painful memories, why would the black people want to use it?
How do you tell a kid that it's a bad word only if some people use it?
It's just more of "seperate but equal", or pure BS. "Your free speech is free only if I say so".

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