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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard D.C. being called Chocolate City by AA or someone who is not AA saying  something in a light hearted manner using the term 'chocolate'. Usually the reference is sexual though. Ex: " He is a good looking chocolate man".[/quote]

I heard a black guy at the grocery store say to his friend, "What's up my [n-word]!?!"  But when I said this to Pete from accounting (who happens to be black) he punched me in the nose.  What's up with that?[/quote]

[b]that is a stupid double standard.  either the word is offensive or it is not.[/b]  Chocolate is not offensive.  silly though.[/quote]

Stop whining.  Language is all about context.  What is signified varies by who the transmitter, and who the receiver is.  If your brother tells you to "stop being a dick", it's different than if a subordinate at work tells you to stop being one.  Let's stop pretending that non-black folk who don't get to use the n-word are being unfairly treated.  It's been about a generation since we've had legal apartheid in this county, so it's offensive and the height of douchebaggery to kvetch about this. [/quote]

no it is a ridiculous double standard.  you cannot complain about a word that you use all the time.  that is insane.  plus there is the question about what is "black" and who can use the word and who cannot.  do you have to have 1 or 2 black grandparents to use the word?  just gets ridiculously offensive.[/quote]

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