[RH]

Many of the people that you refer to belong to Black fraternities. African-Americans (and other oppressed groups) often take the symbols that have been used to degrade them and adopt them thereby disempowering the offender and empowering themselves. The n-word is probably the best example. Black people didn't invent that word, but we have used it in an ironic sense to empower ourselves, take the sting out of it, and remove the power from those who would use the word to hurt. Many people argue that branding, in particular, is a way of saying, 'I will never allow this to happen again. '

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Name : RH, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 27, City : Syracuse, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : law student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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