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'Burn a Koran Day' Pastors Let the N Word Flow

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squiems8/31/2010 4:19:38 pm PDT

re: #48 elizajane

I disagree. No word is intrinsically evil or offensive. The contextual meaning is what’s important. If a white person uses the “N word” in order to demean a black person, it’s racist and offensive. If a white person uses the “N word” in jest, it’s belittling the horrible legacy of racism in America, itself a racist act. If a white person uses the “N word” while explaining how they disagree with the very idea of racism but stating their opinion that if it’s so offensive nobody should use it, they may be offensive, but they surely aren’t being bigoted.

Secondly, I have no idea where you’re getting anywhere in this video that this man believes racism only exists “in the minds of blacks”. That wasn’t even implied anywhere.