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>>>I don't think blacks have some special insight into >>>the nature of the word because it's aimed at them. >> >>I think that's the point...why is it ok for them to >>say it and not others. Why is it that when I say it I >>am racist, no matter in what context, and when they >>say it, they are chillin with their homies and it aint >>no thang. > >Simple. Because it is difficult to prove a negative. >For you to say it with impunity, you would have to >prove that you are not a racist to everyone who heard >you say it. It is assumed that a black person who uses >a slur aimed at black people is not racist against >blacks--but the same person would have to *know* that >a non-black was not a racist. This is why the white >dude on the show could use it with his friend--the >friend knew that his buddy is not a racist. > >But this is no different than with any other race. We >have a local talk show on the radio--the host is of >Italian descent, and very proud of it. When other >people of this ethnicity call the show, they greet him >with "Mega Dagos." It's no big deal. Let me walk into >Little Italy and use the word "dago," though. The only >way I could get away with it would be the same way the >white kid in the show got away with using "nigga." The >same goes for many other slurs. Steve Martin can call >King Tut "my favorite honky" (not that Tutankhamun was >Caucasian by any means...but it was a white guy >singing the song), but if I refer to Martin as a >honky, it would be taken as an insult, unless I were >known to be a good friend of the actor. I don't know >of any slur that can't be used by the people at whom >it is directed, but isn't taken as anything but an >insult by those who are not in that group.
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