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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I’m going to guess this involves black kids giving their non-black friends permission to use the word (sort of like a “you’re invited to the cookout” type thing?). [/b]

My elementary kids have not brought this up, but I plan to tell them that even if said while singing a song, or a friend says it’s okay, it’s just not a good idea. You never know who is recording and you don’t want that to become a word that you are comfortable saying (it’s not like a curse word where an occasional slip will be forgiven). Out of all the words in the dictionary I know my white kids will survive if they just refrain from ever using this one.

I agree with a PP who said to notify the school admin. This needs to get addressed, I’d be worried these kids aren’t understanding the full gravity of its meaning.[/quote]

Yes, my DS's best friend is black and once gave him a pass. We talked about how that may be a real thing in his friend's eyes, but not in the eye's of society. We talked about how when you become comfortable with a word, you let it slip in situations where it should never slip (ie: using it when it's in a song when you're singing alone and then doing it around friends). [/quote]

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