I said it directly and purposefully when dealing with school administration.
My kids are 18, 16, and 11 now…and all three of them have been called n****r at each school level (elementary, middle, and high school). I looked directly at the principal and superintendent in the latest incident (my youngest in elementary) and said: “All 3 of my kids have been called n*****r in our schools and there seems to be zero repercussions or action taken by the administration to address it. Can you explain that to me?”
OFC they balked at my “flippant” use of the word and I then added “Also, your facial expressions and body language clearly inform me you do not like to hear the word n****r, now imagine you are an 11 year old boy being CALLED THAT!”
Dude… use the word if you want to use it; quit looking for “permission.” Frankly, saying that you “don’t want to” say it, but continually arguing that you ‘should be able to’ sounds like you’re just looking for excuses to justify casual, everyday bigotry.
Your privilege means that if you decide to you ‘punch down’ many people will consider you an asshole for it. Accept that reality, and then make your choices accordingly.
Bullshit argument/strawman is total bullshit; the teacher was disciplined for using a racial slur in school in front of impressionable kids, full stop.
Yet you seem not to understand how White people using racial slurs (even in context) is the exact opposite of those statements.
Say the word if you’re so pressed about it; just don’t be surprised by the negative consequences of your speech.
It can be used in all those contexts. You’re not making sense.
Do that.
If you think the problem is that people aren’t saying it enough, you don’t strike me as a good judge of how often it should be used. If you want to be respectful, you should err on using it less than you presently want to. You know, just to be safe, kind, and respectful.
Agreed, certainly not government censorship. I’m not claiming to
have my rights violated. We’re all good people here (I’m pretty
sure) this is an academic discussion of how much harm a single
word can do in and out of context.
There's a Catch-22 absurdity here:
You may never say that word:
What word?
The one you cannot say.
Can you write it?
No, but I can tell you it starts with an "N"...
Are you really comparing saying a word to murdering a person? Do
you really think the irreparable harm caused by hearing the n-word
is comparable to death?
No, I’m comparing whether the logic of your argument is yes/no. There is nothing disingenuous about that.
The more you push for the right to say a word that victims of that word would like you not to say, the more it bolsters the idea that you’re arguing in bad faith.
