Can a racial slur ever "slip?"

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Originally posted by valkyrie
I disagree. One time after having a few while we were out with some friends who happen to be gay, something slipped out of my mouth that might be considered insensitive and/or offensive to gay people -- I'm not sure it would be, but yeah, probably. It's something I haven't said since HIGH SCHOOL but there it was. I was mortified but tried to play it off and I really, really hope it either didn't offend them or they let it go because it's not something I normally say and I meant absolutely nothing by it. It was just a stupid phrase we used to use to refer to things that were far away -- where it came from now, I have no idea.

I do that all the time around my cousin, who is a lesbian. I'll be like "That's gay" but she knows I don't mean anything disrespectful of the gay population. Now another gay individual I know... we say "f*g" all the time to him (when he's around) and he doesn't care. Obviously that's different than when it comes to race.

I know that many African Americans on GC don't even like the N word being said in songs. I have a question about that... what if someone is just singing along with the song and says it un-noticeably cuz they're just singing and not really paying attention? My friend was singing Tupac's "Hit Em Up" at karaoke last night and she always leaves out "N" but last night it slipped. No one said anything to her tho because they know she always leaves it out.