[Philip30421]

It should never be OK for black people to use it. Those who do are usually two cans short of a six-pack. In my experience, those who use that word tend to be less educated and of low self-worth. The more educated, and I mean educated in the context of both book sense and common sense, never employ that word in their vocabulary.

The funny thing is that I have heard people use absurd notions like ‘cultural ownership’ and other such malarkey to justify why they can use it, but if someone of another race uses it, those same people cry foul. People also say things like, “If black people use the word often enough, then the word will eventually lose its sting.” Well, when that happens, people will just find another epithet, and then black people will spend the next two centuries trying to take the sting out f that word – and the cycle will just keep repeating itself. A real progressive way of thinking, isn’t it?

I don’t respect anyone who does not manifest any respect for themselves, and If someone chooses to refer to themselves or their kind pejoratively, I see no reason why I should respect them, either. You reap what you sow.

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Name : Philip30421, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Catholic, Age : 34, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,