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You can't keep people from saying what they want to say. What I meant by not allowing people to use that word was to discourage them. I just let my friends know that it's not ok. I don't jump into stranger's conversations because I hear that word, instead I'd give them a look.
The context in which the slur is being used is very important. But I feel that when people use it in its more accepted contexts that it still can work to reinforce racism. For instance imagine that I'm racists against blacks and at home I use the "N" word like it's going out of style. If I'm out in public and I use that word and everyone looks at me like I'm crazy then I'll realize that my views are not popular. I feel that part of the goal is to make the racist people feel that they are the minority.
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