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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the kind of thing that gives me pause about sending my kids to a school like Whitman. Yes, the academics are good by public school standards, but then you have a huge lack of diversity to contend with. If the school's make-up was more like BCC the N word wouldn't be getting thrown around like that because there would be a fear of peer-to-peer repercussions. Which is much more impactful than adults slapping them on the wrist. [/quote]

Have you been at places around BCC at lunchtime? There is plenty of the N word from all races. And I’m sure a other more diverse schools in the area too. [/quote]

Black kids using it among each other is a completely different scenario than two white kids ganging up on a black kid and saying it. I'm sure I don't need to break that down for you? [/quote]

Really? So, the word should be banned at school only if uttered by certain students?  Got it.[/quote]

I love how (I'm guessing mostly white) people are suddenly so stupid they can't understand what a racial slur is or how it works.

[b]"But if a black kid says it to another black kid it should be treated in exactly the same way as a white kid saying it to a black kid because it's exactly the same!!" [/b]

Seriously...? This is why Kaepernick feels the need to take a knee. Wake up. [/quote]

Yes.  Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.  This 1000 Times.

If you so vehemently disagree, please explain to us why it is perfectly OK for black children to use this racial slur. Go ahead. We're all waiting.[/quote]

For the same reason Trump supporters gleefully call themselves "deplorables". You take away the power of the word when you use it as your own, but with a different spin.  [/quote]

There is no different spin.  It is a derogatory term no matter who says it.  Black people that say it sound like trash.  They know it too.  [/quote]

You're being silly. Of course, there is a different meaning when blacks use the word vs whites. Surely you recognize that language and expression is thick with layered meaning. Is it classy? No. But in group use of the term clearly has a different meaning, and the meaning is more tongue in cheek and less derogatory.  We don't get to both oppress black people and then also dictate to them how they are allowed to process their oppression. [/quote]

So what you are saying is there is one set of rules and standards for one group and a different set for the other.  All based on skin color. Modern age Separate but Equal.

Not a good course action if you ask me.[/quote]

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