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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] OP there's already another thread on this this evening. The consensus is you need to explain to her that she  as a white person simply cannot use that. Full stop. [/quote]

Yet if you are black you can use it in any sentence that you want.  I'm tired of this crap where one race can use a variation of the word yet the other race dare not utter any word that starts with N.  Ridiculous.[/quote]

Have you been living under a rock? Here is a recent explanation following Bill Maher's inappropriate use.

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/see-bill-maher-address-racial-slur-get-schooled-by-ice-cube-w487171[/quote]

Wow.  I think I have a crush on Ice Cube now.  He explained that very well.[/quote]
It had me crushing on him as well [/quote]

I've always loved him.  I think he makes a good explanation as to why white people can't use the word. I don't think white people can or should use the word (I'm white) and this doesn't bother me b/c I don't use it.

Having said that, the us/them separation aspect in his comments is not helpful.  It's not going to speak to someone who already has their head up their ass about "why can't I say it?" or "I thought everyone was equal/the same" or "All Lives Matter." So, that is the weakest part of what he has to say and takes away from the rest of his message. That needs to be left off in this discussion.

It comes down to this: the marginalized group gets to define what is offensive.  The group that has done the marginalizing does not.  This goes for the N work. It goes for "retarded." And, it is why I've deferred to Native groups with the "Redskins" name (I don't view it as derogatory, quite the opposite. But if they do, I would change the name.) This is not hard. It's not "PC", whatever that means. It's being kind and recognizing that some words are so inherently inflammatory to a group, that you just shouldn't use it. Period. The end.[/quote]

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