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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Geez, PPs. "Well, I've never heard it, so..." Yeah, are you Latino? I'd never seen a cab not stop for black people before I was with my black friends, either. [/quote]

+1  Some people on DCUM seem to have limited social circles.[/quote]

So interesting that you make these assumptions.  I'm one of the "never heard it" PPs, but have very broad social circles.

I have lived all over the US and have interacted meaningfully with just about every kind of person out there--from the wealthiest families in the world to red-dirt farmers in the rural South, and from Tea Party nutjobs to hard-core La Raza activists.  Never heard it.

Bottom line is that in my experience (an experience shared by my family members of other races/ethnic backgrounds), very, very few people openly use racial slurs.

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"Openly" is key here -- the parent didn't use it openly, he used it in front of his immediate family and the target. He might not have used it if you were there.

This is one more way bigots make people's lives harder: they hide their bigotry from other whites who might disapprove and let it out in front of POC, who are then met with disbelieve when they tell others what happened.[/quote]

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