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[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works -5 points 3 weeks ago

your neighbor may not have individual power, but his statements still carry more weight than the opposite. there's a reason (most) white people would never dream of saying the n word, and that there's no equivalent for the other way around, and it's because there's an inherent power dynamic baked into that word and its origins

[-] cute_noker@feddit.dk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Please go to another country and experience the exact opposite. In South Africa the EFF political party publicly chants to kill all white people.

"I will only be offended if a white person says the n-word" - so you are an absolute racist..

[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works -4 points 3 weeks ago

why the hell would anyone be offended by a black person saying the n word

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Because of what the word means.

[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

you don't get to decide which words marginalized groups reclaim

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe they shouldn't hurl it lika an insult at me then.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I agree with you, but I'm not arguing about the relative weight/ power/emotional damage etc. of one racist word against another. Those words are still racist independently of who holds the power.