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Old 07-04-2004, 11:29 AM
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Exclamation Interesting...

being that I have a ethnic background of Cherokee, German & Irish that I have heard all types of racial slurs, But I have yet to hear one like the N-word used so liberally by others.

Growing up in the town I was raised in (Muskogee, OK) which has a large Black population I saw racism upclose. I never participated in it because nearly most of my friends during all my school years were Black, They NEVER used the N-Word in a conversation towards one another in all the years we knew one another, Because it was considered extremely disrespectful and very low-class.

But nowadays it (The N-Word) is tossed around in the younger crowd as a word that is not considered offensive, Which I think is utter BS. Even worse is when these "Wanna-be Urban" white kids (Just like the ones mentioned in the article above) use the N-Word in the same fashion without knowing that word has a more negative effect on older generations where it is not widely acceptable.

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