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Originally Posted by Shades
I certainly hope that isn't the reason. Because are black people no longer offended at being called the n word?  If anything, having such a hot button word has escalated racial divisions.
I think all these extreme public displays are doing are distancing those that normally wouldn't have been offended. |
Some are, some aren't. It (n*gger) certainly doesn't have the power it used to. And there has been much written on this and how and why it happened.
Now I do agree that the extreme public displays might distance some that normally wouldn't be distanced, and I do agree that the movement might benefit more from toning it down to get the most important and serious messages through. But at the end of the day I cant fault the extreme displays because they are a natural reaction to being persecuted.
EDIT: And personally, I don't mind it anyway. And at one day a year I would suggest it's not a lot to put up with for those that do.