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Sure, that may be his reality- but he will eventually get older, see more perspectives, hear and read more things and come to believe you. Just because its in a song in a jovial way doesn't erase its history.[/quote]

It doesn't erase history, but it changes culture.  It might be that kids today ARE using the n- word in a way this is different from 10, 20, 30 40 50 years ago.   And that may just be the fact that adults don't like and don't agree with, but 50 year olds aren't in charge of teen culture and lingo.

Interesting Post article from 2 years ago on this subject:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/11/09/the-n-word-an-entrenched-racial-slur-now-more-prevalent-than-ever/

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Spend some time in the hallways of a high school and you are likely to hear not only African Americans using the word among themselves, but also Asians, Latinos and whites. They probably don’t mean any harm, but it is jarring to anyone with the perspective of an older generation.

“Kids today lack the historical perspective,” said Michael Nesmith, head football coach at Paint Branch High School in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. “That, plus its use in hip-hop, is why it’s so prevalent. They’re desensitized to it. I hear kids using it all the time — whites to other whites, Latinos to other Latinos.” Nesmith said he doesn’t allow his players (roughly 90 percent of whom are black) to use the word, but he added, “We’re fighting a losing battle.”[/quote]

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Others would question whether such a universal acceptance could ever occur. Despite its expansion, the n-word hasn’t really joined mainstream American culture — just mainstream American youth culture. That it is growing in volume doesn’t necessarily mean it is growing in influence. As has happened throughout history, young people grow up, they take jobs, they have kids and their viewpoints change.

The sheer number of prominent artists who went from using the n-word frequently to disavowing it — a group that includes comedians Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney and Chris Rock — suggests a coming of age or an awakening to the word’s powers to harm.[/quote]

Richard Pryor -- born 1940
Paul Mooney -- born 1941
Chris Rock -- born 1965

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