(July 7, 2014 at 5:03 pm)A Theist Wrote:(July 7, 2014 at 2:05 pm)Napoléon Wrote: You said "offensive slur" in your response, not racial, implying that it is inherently offensive. Answer my question which relates directly to that thought, do you think every black person who uses the term is trying to offend themselves?
Probably not, but that doesn't mean it still isn't offensive to most blacks no matter who's using and it doesn't dismiss the term as an offensive racial slur, which is what you're trying to do.
Being Caucasian as I am, I can only argue from how I think I might feel if I was black. That being said, I would argue that the word nigger used in a discussion about racism and not in reference to any person would be less offensive than, "that doesn't mean it still isn't offensive to most blacks". It could just be me. I really hate when people say blacks instead of black people or whites instead of white people. I find that to be rude regardless of context.
