Xxain said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Akvod said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_standard
The term double standard, coined in 1912,[1] refers to any set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, typically without a good reason for having said difference.[2] A double standard may take the form of an instance in which certain applications (often of a word or phrase) are perceived as acceptable to be used by one group of people, but are considered unacceptable—taboo—when used by another group.
Hence why KylieDog was bringing the point that we all humans.
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Well yeah it's a double standard, but there's a good reason for it with centuries of linguistic baggage.
And white people don't really have anything to gain by using the word. It's like women saying "hey why can't I piss in a urinal?!??" The answer is "you don't have a penis." This is the same issue (even though some women do it anyway). There's just no reason to argue it because there's nothing to win.
Honestly, the word is much better off now than it was 50 or 100 years ago. Now you can actually say "nigger" in a book without it getting banned. You just can't pull a Michael Richards and repeatedly scream it into a microphone at a group of blacks. I mean, it's perfectly legal, but not too smart.
It's like... Marty McFly can call himself chicken, but I fucking DARE you to call him a chicken. There's no reason to call him a chicken unless you WANT what's going to happen afterwards.
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Thank you Rubang! are views are basically the same your just doing a better job at putting it togheter
its the unspoken law just leave it alone.
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No. It's a illogical taboo that imposes a double standard that only further defines a division between people of different skin color.
