Originally posted by Jedidiah
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It's hardly pussy footing around to be cognizant of racial slurs. The old man in your story was using racist terminology --and I'm only granting for the sake of argument that he had no negative attached to it and, more importantly, that he was somehow unaware-- and should go with black. It's not hard. Slurs are words that carry an implicit, understood insult with their use. Me calling you a Nogra is in no way similar to me calling you a Nigger. Well, thats not true, of course as you know what Nigger means, and you didn't know that Nogra is something used in Southern Oregon as a substitute for Nigger because they can't say it anymore.
And exacerbates the racial divide? That's not how that works.
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