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Originally Posted by meraxes
Well that doesn't surprise me because it's the same the world over, including my own country. Insecure, manipulative, passive-aggressive pricks trying to scare or shame everyone else into doing what suits them. I'm just imagining how all the white folks in the audience must have been squirming at this Indian/White culture thing, yet knowing that the minute they open their mouth to say "hang on a minute", they'd be labelled as racist. That's what I find baffling.
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I grew up with the Civil Rights Movement being broadcast live on all the news channels. I just figured it was bound to happen that we'd have at least an 'attempt' at racial equality. And I think the US kind of gave it a go. What's frustrating at times these days is that any non-caucasian American can use just about any racial slur out there - either about 'whites' or even as some perverse form of racial-bonding within the non-white community (As an example, 'nigra', 'nigger' and 'nigga' within the African-American community.) but if any 'white' person slips up with such a phrase all hell breaks loose.
I get that the various 'N*' words are offensive. I get that so too are 'colored' and, to some, 'black'. I also get that while I grew up avoiding the 'N*' words at all costs, I find that amongst the blacks I associate with they are becoming VERY commonly used.
But if *I* were to use those words, even to close friends, I'd be reviled and castigated.
So if they're so damned offensive, why would those who call them offensive *ever* use them? Why would so much of the music and literature that focuses on their culture use them? It makes me wonder, it does.
Derek