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bravenak

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4. It does to me.

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 06:10 AM

Sep 2013

But a tirade is something strange. I would have felt terrible if I was the one getting yelled at. Work is work, it's best to keep a non hostile atmosphere. My mom got yelled at by her boss like that ( they're both black) and when she tried to leave the woman told another employee "get that nigga back in here", the guy grabbed her and tried to drag her back in the office. She got bruised up pretty bad and now she's suing for assault and hostile work environment.

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NY case puts N-word use among blacks on trial [View all] The Straight Story Sep 2013 OP

Interesting. n/t Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 #1

Doesn't it depend on whether the word "nigga" was used, as opposed to "n****r"? (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #2

It does to me. bravenak Sep 2013 #4

If it's used in a "rant" and a "tirade" Fla_Democrat Sep 2013 #3

I thought the use of any slur in the workplace is unacceptable. Alenne Sep 2013 #5

yep- this article is bullshit- quite deliberately obtuse. bettyellen Sep 2013 #6

I agree. And it serves as a dog whistle for caucasian dipsh!ts looking for an excuse Heidi Sep 2013 #7

"yup, uppity black folks want to use words we whites should not!" boo fucking hoo. bettyellen Sep 2013 #8

That was certainly my take when I saw the subject line. Heidi Sep 2013 #9

Oh yeah, posting RW flame bait "without comment" is certainly a thing, ain't it? bettyellen Sep 2013 #10

#WhiteMansBurden Capt. Obvious Sep 2013 #16

That's the field that this poor sap plows daily. bettyellen Sep 2013 #17

I envision Flounder when he hits post Capt. Obvious Sep 2013 #19

someone alerted on you. CreekDog Sep 2013 #21

Jurors #3 & #4!!!!! RandiFan1290 Sep 2013 #24

And no one has a word in defense of this OP. So, no libertarian jackasses on that bettyellen Sep 2013 #41

Even the OP doesn't defend his OP. He's probably posting something about smoking, then guns,... CreekDog Sep 2013 #42

he knows how to skirt the rules, and that sexism is okay here. But racist stuff- he can hide behind bettyellen Sep 2013 #43

posting that it's white, male, smokers, and gun owners who are the downtrodden in society CreekDog Sep 2013 #45

The OP never has posted a complaint about the N-word when it was used by white people CreekDog Sep 2013 #18

+1000 nt ecstatic Sep 2013 #12

In group versus out group use. It's not a difficult concept. Cerridwen Sep 2013 #11

its an interesting subject, I and my contemporaries use language with each other loli phabay Sep 2013 #14

Affinity and empathy. Those are the main ingredients. Cerridwen Sep 2013 #20

no knowing your audience means simply that, if someone with the same background as me loli phabay Sep 2013 #27

I didn't expect you to understand. n/t Cerridwen Sep 2013 #29

seems that you also dont understand so we will call it an impasse. loli phabay Sep 2013 #30

Hell, if it makes you feel vindicated, Cerridwen Sep 2013 #34

thank you, a win is a win. all your base are belong to us loli phabay Sep 2013 #37

you use derogatory language in your job, say things that would be offensive to race/gender/sexuality CreekDog Sep 2013 #22

who says anything about work, assumptions much loli phabay Sep 2013 #23

so you use the language outside of work, but with work colleagues? CreekDog Sep 2013 #26

no, once again i and my contemporaries use words that outsiders using mean something different loli phabay Sep 2013 #28

the OP is about using the N-word CreekDog Sep 2013 #31

seems you miss the whole that some words are used within groups loli phabay Sep 2013 #32

then which words are you referring to that you and your colleagues use? CreekDog Sep 2013 #33

not colleagues, contemporaries. there are ethnic and cultural references loli phabay Sep 2013 #36

such as? CreekDog Sep 2013 #38

once again you miss the point, its self deprecating within a cultural and ethnic group loli phabay Sep 2013 #39

because you dont' have the guts to give one example of what you're talking about CreekDog Sep 2013 #40

simple one for you, the use of the word fenian, when used within the group its acceptable loli phabay Sep 2013 #44

so this is a term that most people in rural Virginia understand CreekDog Sep 2013 #46

who says its rural virginia or my contemporaries are in or from rural virginia loli phabay Sep 2013 #48

Right, that's your schtick, everyone who disagrees with you is "obtuse" CreekDog Sep 2013 #49

no just you, its obvious you are being obtuse as i have since given you two examples loli phabay Sep 2013 #50

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uh, no idea what work implements have to do with this loli phabay Sep 2013 #15

Did anyone else pick up on this? derby378 Sep 2013 #25

Not really...In that context it still means close friend, confidant, etc... Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #47

Reminds me of a Stephen A. Smith rant. Supersedeas Sep 2013 #53

I'm going to stay out of this one badtoworse Sep 2013 #35

as well it should have. because whites whining for the right to use the N-word is not progressive. bettyellen Sep 2013 #51

It was really about the hypocrisy badtoworse Sep 2013 #52