Quick P.S.A
The only people on this planet that have any business discussing how Black people chose to use the n-word (either version), is other Black People. Some Black People have modified it to as mark of camaraderie, taking a word created to destroy as and use it as a word to empower us.
Some Black People will literally drop everything and beat you to the ground for using it in their presence.
Some Black People shrug their shoulders and go on about their day because they simply chose not to acknowledge the word period.
All of these viewpoints and the ones in between and beyond are valid to the Black People who hold them. I don’t have the time or energy to explain why this is the case cause it would take forever, but let me put it like this….
A society that has sought to pathologically and systematically destroy a group of peoples do not get to comment on how they put themselves back together. Period.
So with that being said, I do not care who you are, how old you are, or how many Black friends you have. I don’t care if you helped Dr. King put on his shoes in the morning. If you are not Black, your opinion on the n-word is null and void.
A society that has sought to pathologically and systematically destroy a group of peoples do not get to comment on how they put themselves back together. Period.
