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Originally Posted by Rhambuk
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I can't lie i've used it, only in repeating what ive heard. Mostly chappelles show, never used it before, used it a ton for like 2 years, havent used it since.
now if I were black it would n this n that n please.
if someone had a gun in my face i wouldn't be thinking, this god damn "******", id be thinking holy shit theres a gun in my face.
It simply doesn't compute to me
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that's truth.
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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad
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because i am white, i have the distasteful access to rooms of all white people. not nearly every time it's only whites around, but often enough to be noticeable, when only whites are around, they pull out "******" and pass it around, and then all the racist whites self identify by their use or overt laughter at the use, while "non-racists" look uncomfortable and don't say anything.
I posit that these "non-racists" are, by virtue of their silence, racists.
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also true. along your posit though, i think that the social situation is more governing than the offense of the word. the want to fit in in the moment outweighs the offense taken because they want to be one of the boys. that doesn't counter your statement, but wasn't trying to because i agree with your overarching point on silence in that situation.
more broadly, ******, itself, has associations with one dominating another and the usage being a verbal/label reminder of that dominion. the one using it in the situation would likely agree with what it signifies and not take too kindly to being objected to by their using it from another. the power associations run deep, and i think that that's what people don't consider when using it freely. there's also a possible type of behavior of "i stole the bubblegum because i wasn't going to get caught" going on too.
06-20-2013, 09:46 PM
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