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Old 04-29-2004, 03:51 PM  
Shoehorn!
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Originally posted by mardigras
I have heard the retort "there are white ******s" for years by people wishing to "legitimize" the word (or perhaps they are just clueless). I have never heard someone call a white person a ****** outside of a "chummy" context. If a white person cuts you off in traffic are you going to yell, "Hey, ignorant ******!"? No, you are going to yell, "Hey, you stupid fuck!"
In all honesty, it depends on their attitude. One of my best friends is black, and we've had many discussions about this type of thing.

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