If I might insert a very white view here.
The meaning of any word is contextual, not determinate. Meanings CAN change depending on who says the word to whom and in what context. If I tell one of my kids I'm going to tear off his arm and beat him to death with the wet end, they laugh. If I said it to in a bar, there would be a fight. The fact is that white folk calling black folk n***** hearks back to a very recent period of history wherein an entire race was victimised. A black person using the word evokes no such history.
It's not the word which is special, the context in which it was used. To refrain from using it is not a double standard, it's a simple recognition of the original usage.
The meaning of any word is contextual, not determinate. Meanings CAN change depending on who says the word to whom and in what context. If I tell one of my kids I'm going to tear off his arm and beat him to death with the wet end, they laugh. If I said it to in a bar, there would be a fight. The fact is that white folk calling black folk n***** hearks back to a very recent period of history wherein an entire race was victimised. A black person using the word evokes no such history.
It's not the word which is special, the context in which it was used. To refrain from using it is not a double standard, it's a simple recognition of the original usage.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
