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(11-06-2015, 03:38 AM)Oli! Wrote:(11-06-2015, 03:35 AM)V Wrote: If someone asks me to describe the new neighbors and I call them a pair of friendly N*****s from Ohio, have I erred? The statement clearly communicates the ethnicity of the new neighbors and is made with no ill or insulting intent.Â
Honestly, I would say no.
There are people that were brought up in situations that state that that is an okay use of that word. It may be worth it to tell them that certain people would prefer not to be thought of that way, and then expect them to remember that going forward, but faulting someone for something which they perceive to be okay until they are told otherwise is silly.
It's like expecting someone who's never seen a car before to drive perfectly their first time with no instruction, and then yelling at them when they wrap it around a telephone pole.
Ok that's a better answer.
If someone from China who loves rap songs comes to America, and calls a black dude the N word, that's not really a slur lol. Dude doesn't know.