Comment by junon
4 years ago
Was alluding to the common argument of "I can say the N word, I know black people" spiel. You've missed my point, I suspect on purpose.
Just knowing someone of a particular demographic doesn't mean you're entitled to generalize about them. That's not how discourse works.
Based on a fairly cursory examination, the "N-word" ban is largely enforced by white people and using it is likely to get them more riled up than black folk.
So simultaneously I can imagine how black people wouldn't care and why that doesn't matter. The word isn't banned because blacks have delicate eardrums, it is banned because white people are showing respect.