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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
“The title of a book” is a fairly watered down way of avoiding what she said. We all know the word, we all know you don’t use the word. That’s not new or a sudden change or some “perversion of a mindset.” The reason she shouldn’t use the word is the same reason you didn’t, and the same reason that even if you typed it out here in an appropriate context, the censor would block it.
She said a word that people find universally offensive and apologised for it. No hate behind it, but guilty of being careless, for sure. I’m not sure what you’re getting at, you’re honestly surprised the N word upset somebody?
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Nah man, I didn’t use ‘the word’ because ‘the word’ is immaterial to what I’m saying. The book she was talking about is apparently titled “White ######s of America”, is that better?
There’s also a book called “######s, This is Canada”. Do you think it’s morally just to ignore the authors chosen title because the word is uncomfortable? Or when a Nigerian man writes a gritty story, is that not maybe a poignant title?
This isn’t even a matter of context, at all. We could debate the veracity of the book in question, or whether it’s an effective title (although it quite clearly is), but that is also of no importance. A journalist, doing her job, referred to a piece of writing by its name.
I suppose we can agree to disagree, but I’m not a fan of the path this is setting down.