Teaching the N-Word
“I don’t enjoy hearing it. But I don’t think that I feel more offended by it than you do. What I mean is, I don’t think I have a special place of pain inside of me that the word touches because I am black.” We are both human beings, I am trying to say. She nods her head, seemingly satisfied. Even inspired, I hope.
I am lying, of course.
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kungpowvoodo said:
James Baldwin’s take on the n-word from ‘63: bit.ly/hJ6viS
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