[Serious] Singing the N-word

[WinterHold]

Personally; I think white people should practice the same concept applied with "antisemitism" and never hurt black people in ways similar to the pas

Yeah, I do my very best not to own slaves or disenfranchise black people. I don't call black people the n-word or think I am better than any person based on my skin color or theirs. I find the very idea that I'm a racist extremely offensive because it runs counter to the ideas that I hold most important.

Upon further consideration of this conversation in particular, I realize that Broken Quill clearly thinks that all people should stop using the word, as evidenced by the opinion that rap that uses the n-word is sub-par. I can't argue with that, as that's a matter of taste, which is subjective. I don't completely disagree with you that it's an unnecessary word to use. I wouldn't write music with it in it, if that makes you feel better.

That said, I am not a person who thinks that black people using it presents much of a double standard nor am I put off at all by the idea that a black person can say it casually in conversation and I very much should not. I'm comfortable with that completely.

As time progresses the word becomes meaningless more and more, it naturally loses the meaning it had; calling a black person "N" today differs widely than using the word 200 years ago.

All that remains though is the insult if used in a racist manor. But I'm surprised that compared to other words like antisemitism there is no comparison in terms of political and social effect.