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Words represent things.
The word "nigger" is just a racist word that describes black people as lazy - it represents the lynch mob, the segregated schools and buses and hospitals, it represents all of the racism of the past and of today, the beatings, the poverty, the slave trade and the murders carried about the slavers.
It isnt simply a word.
I for one agree, and stated first, that I am more concerned about actual racist feelings than the unthinking use of racial slurs... but it is a word that you are not allowed to use. If you are in the public and you use this word, youre going to get thrown to the wolves over it. Its a fact, and if you dont like, dont be a fucking celebrity in the first place.
And in terms of reaction, claiming that when he grew up he was black was not exactly the best way to try and make amends or express genuine regret.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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