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Old 03-10-2003, 05:59 PM  
JeremySF
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I'm not even going to begin addressing most of this guys thesis, because it is just plain stupid.....

However, on the use of the word "******".....

What do people have a problem understanding? The reason why most white people would be consider racist when they use the word ****** is because in the context they're using it, they probably are being racist.

If a white person said, "Damn, those good for nuthin ******s. All they do is eat fried chicken and watermelon." That would be fucking racist.

If a black person (white person for that matter) addressed one of his homies like: "What up nigga? What you up to? How about we go get some chicken?"

That wouldn't be racist because of CONTEXT. No longer is the word being used in a derogatory manner. It is being used as a term of endearment.

Of course, there are plenty of white people and black people would disagree. They would say using the "n" word as a black or a white person under any circumstance is racist.

Having grown up in Oakland, Ca, everyone called eachother nigga, and it had no racial or derogatory connotation.

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