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15 Aug 2020, 6:00 pm

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Using the N word is racism and makes them a racist. Don't want to be accused of racism, don't use the N word and even try and split hairs with it. "I didn't say N***R, I said N**ga."


To be fair, it isn't always racist in intent, but generally speaking if you're not black it has the potential to be perceived as racist due to insensitivity regardless of one's intentions.

Since everyone is aware of the latter it's hard to argue one doesn't get why they're being perceived as racist for using that word, although it isn't unreasonable for that person to get caught up on their own intentions.

Of course it gets a lot more complicated if one's friends encourage one to use that word with them, since if the rest of the group uses it as a term of endearment refusal might appear standoffish and aloof, but not refusing will lead to strangers making judgments.


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15 Aug 2020, 6:25 pm

In gr 10 there was a boy Lemar who would always make racist jokes about himself and his family. He was one of the few black kids in the whole school.

The school had very good kids and did not see bullying except the one boy who imo bullied n harrassed the pregnant math teacher with no consequences or reprimands by anyone.


It was in a more rural area which contradicts the idea that rural people are backwards.
They had a healthy approach and harmonious with differences. For example the obviously Aspergers and sort of rude seeming (not intending) boys in my class (3 in my classes out of maybe 7 1 who was a girl ? They did the sitting n revolving while sitting n fidgeting thing my brothers alsi do other stims.. The other kids were quieter n nicer though)

were never made fun of even though they were soooooo annoyingly loud and pushy at times that my sensory overload kicked in.

at my other schools they would have bern mistreated.

Esp when they would loudly snigger about other people not knowing something related to Lord of the Rings and making inside jokes about technology among themselves ..

I found them so exasperating! They also watched x rated films in the library and shouted and whooped loudly without any consequences. Also they were among lots of kids who played Dungeons and Dragons after school but it was not an 'Aspie' club per se.... I feel like there was v little labelling of any kind. So I was really surprised that Lemar kept making those jokes.

An example of Lemar doing that would be just prior to giving a presentation he wd step in front of the blackboard and say i know i disappeared. Juat follow my voice guys. Hey everyone im right here
Or if he mentioned his aunt or smthing he would shout loudly 'and no her name is NOT Shaniqua! It's Aunt Jemima. She makes good pancakes' (examples)


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15 Aug 2020, 6:32 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
Using the N word is racism and makes them a racist. Don't want to be accused of racism, don't use the N word and even try and split hairs with it. "I didn't say N***R, I said N**ga."


To be fair, it isn't always racist in intent, but generally speaking if you're not black it has the potential to be perceived as racist due to insensitivity regardless of one's intentions.

Since everyone is aware of the latter it's hard to argue one doesn't get why they're being perceived as racist for using that word, although it isn't unreasonable for that person to get caught up on their own intentions.

Of course it gets a lot more complicated if one's friends encourage one to use that word with them, since if the rest of the group uses it as a term of endearment refusal might appear standoffish and aloof, but not refusing will lead to strangers making judgments.


I can see how someone can be naive about the word if they do not know it's worse than the f word. If they were only told it's a term for a black person, they may not know the history behind the word and that it's a racist term now.

I told my son this is a reserved word for black people to use so he would understand the double standard. So my son knows there are adult words, and reserved words. As a child my mom explained that s**t and damn were adult words and kids were not allowed to use them and only grown ups can. Our father always used bad language and my little brother called it out so my mom came up with "those are grown up words, kids are not allowed to use them, only adults can" and we accepted that explanation so I did the same with thew N word for my son.


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15 Aug 2020, 6:40 pm

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The one time white people can say n****r: here it goes; listen closely. 'Cause I may never say this s**t again. The one time white people can say n****r, OK: if it's Christmas Eve, and it's between 4:30 and 4:49 in the morning. If you white, and you're on your way to Toys 'R' Us to get your kid the last Transformer doll, and right before you walk into Toys 'R' Us, some black person runs up beside you, smacks you in the head with a brick, knocks you to the ground, stomps on your face--"take that, you cracker-ass Motherf***er!" Riverdances on your head--"take that, you cracker-ass Motherf***er!" Takes your money, pisses on you, and runs away--if you white, at that moment, you can say "Somebody stop that n****r!" Matter of fact, if you white and that happens to you, you can say n****r for a whole month! But you gotta walk around with the police report in your pocket. In case any black people catch you sayin' n****r, the police report will act as your freedom papers. "Hey, I heard you saying n****r; let me see your f****n' papers. Gimme the papers; show me the papers!" [pretends to read a sheet] "Christmas Eve! 4:48! You just made it, Motherf***er! Pissed on you? ...I hope they catch that n****r!"


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15 Aug 2020, 6:52 pm

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I keep reading 'so and so is racist because they called such and such by other black person's name' online as an argument.

There are many reasons for this.

One, the person might be racist. Might know who the person is but pretend not to so they can say 'they all look the same'.

But another reason is, the person might just be face blind.

There was this blond kid when I was at school & he used to mix w another blond kid. One day I called James 'Tom' and he said 'I'm not Tom'. I genuinely had thought he was.

That wasn't me having a prejudice against blond haired ppl.

It's just lucky they weren't black or he'd have called me racist over it :roll:

Fact is, two black people look more alike than a white person and a black person. Just like two white people look more alike than a white person and a black person.


I have "Face Blindness".

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The layman's term for Prosopagnosia, a disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired, while the ability to recognize other objects may be relatively intact. While face blindness is not a “core symptom” of autism, it is not uncommon among people on the autism spectrum.

Face Blindness - The Autism Society of Baltimore-Chesapeake


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15 Aug 2020, 7:09 pm

League_Girl wrote:
I am sure there are people who do pretend all black people look the same and it's a shame those with face blindness have to get caught up in it because of actual racists.

Have you tried to explain face blindness to people so they understand the situation. Like say something like "sorry I am face blind so I have troubles remembering faces."


Most SJWs wouldn't be interested in hearing the Truth since it might deprive them their feelings of sanctimony, self-righteousness and virtue signalling.
Emotional needs trump the Truth more often than not, in an NT dominated society.

This madness is omnipresent in our communities.
It is irrational and embarrassing.



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15 Aug 2020, 7:30 pm

KT67 wrote:
Yeah I understand why someone would say the n word as a 'reclaiming' thing but it can't be removed from racial contexts. And white people don't get 'n word passes'.


Too right, those damn honkies don't get a pass. :mrgreen:



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15 Aug 2020, 7:34 pm

When we first came to N A it was only my mom n 5 little kids.

And one of the things she told us at the airport was not to shout outside. Another was not to pick flowers because we would have to go to jail. Another was not to fight. Last most perplexing till adulthood to me was not to call our shorts 'knicker' as we did in our language (lots of brit words ) ..and never to talk about them at all or we would go to jail.
(The last one was bcuz she was worried about the pronunciation n sounding too close ti N word.)
She also said never to use the word 'stuff' which was only because it was too unspecific. She had told us it was a bad word. :roll:


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