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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yes. The way people generally use the N word with an A at the end is often used in a non-racist way.

[–] CantSt0pPoppin 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The word is ugly with and without the "a". It is a word that was used to terrorize enslaved people and is still used to this day to dehumanize black people. Anyone especially black people should not be using that word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's still a word like any other. How it is used is what matters, not the word itself; and saying black people should also not use that word is pretty racist, unless you're also black...

Also looking at the decimation of the comments in here, the mods and users are overly sensitive over words. Fucking pathetic.

[–] CantSt0pPoppin 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm black and I don't use the n-word. It's a word of hate and oppression, and I don't want to be associated with it. I don't think it's possible to "repurpose" the word, and it should be buried in the footnotes of history. That being said there is a side bar with clear rules if you have any difficulty abiding by them please let us know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please; tell me what rules were violated with the comments that were removed, other than you disagreed with the opinions expressed. It's also a shame you're a mod when you had such a hard time even understanding simple definitions.