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Billy Jingo

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21. He is rationalizing. And context isn't the determining factor according to the OP.

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #17)

Mon Nov 13, 2017, 01:59 PM

Nov 2017

But if Coates, or anyone else for that matter, wants to drop N-bombs, that's their business. But pretending it can only be objectionable in the general sense depending on the ethnicity of the one uses it is absurd. It is either vulgar no matter who uses it or its vulgarity is based on the context of its use and not on the melanin content of the user.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates explains why white people cant say theN-word [View all] sheshe2 Nov 2017 OP

Chris Rock did a good routine on this nycbos Nov 2017 #1

Coates' illustration makes good sense. oasis Nov 2017 #2

Reminds me of the bit from The Big Chill Billy Jingo Nov 2017 #3

It's a shame anyone has to explain it to white wingers nowadays. Hoyt Nov 2017 #4

Either it's wrong or it isn't. Billy Jingo Nov 2017 #6

Absolutism, lacking context, is also wrong... LanternWaste Nov 2017 #17

He is rationalizing. And context isn't the determining factor according to the OP. Billy Jingo Nov 2017 #21

Perhaps he should try explaining to whistler162 Nov 2017 #5

That was not the point he is trying to make. The colorblind theory is bullshit... bettyellen Nov 2017 #7

FACE PALM AND SHAKES HEAD whistler162 Nov 2017 #13

You really need to think about the history of this word gollygee Nov 2017 #22

More eveidence of social communications issues. You are not an anime character, and neither am I. bettyellen Nov 2017 #23

Calling someone from a racial or ethnic group a slur is not the same as a Blue_true Nov 2017 #8

FACE PALM AND SHAKES HEAD whistler162 Nov 2017 #14

I said it once. I was in pre-school, about 4 or 5. raven mad Nov 2017 #9

Good on mom... sheshe2 Nov 2017 #10

Mom was a stickler! raven mad Nov 2017 #11

I'm an old white guy MurrayDelph Nov 2017 #12

Or Is Referring To The Richard Pryor Album ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #15

It was the way white people talked when I grew up, Ron Green Nov 2017 #16

I've never heard it explained like that before. Very insightful. Orrex Nov 2017 #19

Someone posted this yesterday on another thread. cwydro Nov 2017 #20

kicked Blue_Tires Nov 2017 #24