(November 11, 2019 at 1:51 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(November 11, 2019 at 1:27 pm)Grandizer Wrote: It's all situational and a matter of tact. It's about knowing what and when to say things (if at all). Will you die if you don't sing the N-word out loud in front of black people?
So, what is the situational difference between using the word while doing a public reading of a work where the N-word is used as a weapon and singing along to a song that uses it more casually and not as a weapon? It's the blatant double standard at play that vexes a lot of us, and the fact that a group that's historically been oppressed benefiting for once doesn't quite ease our minds.
Maybe there isn't. Maybe the best thing to do is not just say it at all. I see that for some of us, this feels like an inconvenience, but I still think we'll be fine without feeling like we have to fight for our right to say it.
