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Originally posted by librasoul22
I have never understood why this has been such an issue for non-blacks. Why on earth would anyone else care or want to use the word so bad, knowing its connotations?
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In my opinion it is simply immaturity on the part of the person who wants to say it SOOO bad. It's not so much that they want to, but because someone is telling them that they can't, that it becomes something they desire.
Like any little child, they want the forbidden object, here it just happens to be a word.
I understand why blacks say it, even if I myself don't regularly use that word. I have no clue why a white person would ever want to use it and think that that's positive. How is that positive?
I personally find the euphamism "n-word" silly- we all KNOW what you mean, and what you're thinking. It's just a word, and has all the power that you give it!