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RE: Racism - Kappa123 - 06-26-2015
But does using the racism as shock value actually make it more socially acceptable? The more you use the racist slurs casually does it make it less impactful? The "N" word traditionally was used by whites to put down black people, and i think the casual use of the N word by white people is a little disrespectful to the history of the word. Here is an interesting article on why black people are aloud to say the "N" word while white people cannot http://africanamericanenglish.com/2010/10/22/why-black-people-can-use-the-n-word-a-perspective/
*Edit some times i am bad at getting my thoughts across through these posts
RE: Racism - Uzi2 - 06-27-2015
(06-26-2015, 01:33 PM)Kappa Wrote: But does using the racism as shock value actually make it more socially acceptable? The more you use the racist slurs casually does it make it less impactful? The "N" word traditionally was used by whites to put down black people, and i think the casual use of the N word by white people is a little disrespectful to the history of the word. Here is an interesting article on why black people are aloud to say the "N" word while white people cannot http://africanamericanenglish.com/2010/10/22/why-black-people-can-use-the-n-word-a-perspective/
*Edit some times i am bad at getting my thoughts across through these posts
Its not the word that is bad, its what we mean by saying a word.
No bad words are actually bad technically, its just the meaning we have for the word when we say it.
RE: Racism - Ducati - 06-27-2015
(06-27-2015, 09:12 PM)Uzi2 Wrote:(06-26-2015, 01:33 PM)Kappa Wrote: But does using the racism as shock value actually make it more socially acceptable? The more you use the racist slurs casually does it make it less impactful? The "N" word traditionally was used by whites to put down black people, and i think the casual use of the N word by white people is a little disrespectful to the history of the word. Here is an interesting article on why black people are aloud to say the "N" word while white people cannot http://africanamericanenglish.com/2010/10/22/why-black-people-can-use-the-n-word-a-perspective/
*Edit some times i am bad at getting my thoughts across through these posts
Its not the word that is bad, its what we mean by saying a word.
No bad words are actually bad technically, its just the meaning we have for the word when we say it.
Yeah, I mean I use it all the time, not calling people a Nigger, but using the word in discussions I have. Anyone can use it, it's just a word.