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Old 06-26-2009, 10:21 AM   #68 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xerxys View Post
I honestly don't get what your saying here. It's alright for a black person to say something like ... "that motherfucking nigger better watch his tongue" than it is for a white person? What, history makes it alright? Since when do two wrongs make a right, or two same kinds of infractions are wrong on different levels? The sentence very clearly expresses distaste in the person who is employing the use of the word. Are you saying that a white person saying the exact same thing with the exact same inflection carries heavier meaning?
The term doesn't exist in isolation. It has centuries of meaning behind it. Yes, a white person saying it carries heavier meaning than a black person.
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