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I never understood the particular difficulty with this one racial slur which doesnt exist for others.
For example, people who wont use the word "nigger" will happily use the word "Paki" or "Bengy", "Dago" "Gippo", or "Yid"...
All are just words, and most of the above have come to take on a negative context through there frequent use in hateful or demeaning ways. And at the same time these words are often used in positive or neutral context by people of the race they are aimed to insult (ie - Tottenham's "Yid Army", most rap music, I have mates from Bangledeshi backgrounds who refer to themselves as "Bengy" without any irony or special meaning)
This doesnt particularly outrage me, as I dont see that the original meaning of the text if changed by removing racial slurs... but nor do I see the point of it.
Anyone can turn on the radio and hear the word "nigger" 100 times in a 50 Cent track.
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