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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
I personally think the use of the N word should be acceptable. It seems really odd that coloured people can call each other the N word but if a white person uses the word its like "omg how dare you"
Ive had 38 years of people take the mick out of my red hair calling me ginger nut or ginga ninja or the like I personally do not take this offensively however I would like someone to come up with something original. If some coloured bloke started taking the rip out out me calling me names and I was to say P off N word and a copper heard me I would get done and I feel thats not fair
The N word actually dates back over 2000 years and simply means black in latin
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Context, it's not the word, it's the context. It's
sometimes deemed ok when the recipent considers the context of the word inoffensive. So from a friend as a jibe or from another black person
that they know. Even then it
depends on the person.
However if it was received from some random person in the street then the context is suddenly hostile and therefore is quite understandly viewed as a racist remark.
In Lanuage, context really is everything. You cannot take the word, remove it from all context, and still make the same point as if all that mattered was the word itself.