[Tim]

For a better understanding of this topic I beg each of you and everyone you know to read: ‘Nigger, The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word’ by Randall Kennedy you should be able to get a copy of it from amazon.com. MY WORD: It is amazing to me, as an African American, that a word can have so much meaning to so many people after so many generations. “Nigger is fascinating precisely because it has been put to a variety of uses and can radiate a wide array of meanings.” (Kennedy, 34) African Americans are discriminating against themselves and do not realize it. The dominant group (white males) started the usage of the n-word and over generations we have adapted to use the word against ourselves. It does not even set off a trigger in our mind this is happening because in a small aspect it has lost meaning. The usage is institutionalized because them or we are not trying to stop the usage of the word the only solution is that white people should not use the word and that will not solve the word. On the other hand, African Americans feel that if they get to use the word the pass does not matter anymore when in fact is matters now more than ever.

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Name : Tim, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Age : 19, City : St. Louis, State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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