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WillH · 01-22-2014, 10:05 PM

It is a big deal because it is still used as a means of subjugating black people by some bitter racist people. The black community began using the word between one another as a way to take the power away from the word (or so I'm told), but unfortunately it just made stupid white people think it was ok to use themselves as long as there's an 'a' at the end. IMHO, I think it should not be used by anyone. Words have an immense amount of social power.

I agree with Matty about "Thug" it has become a substitute so people can continue to use prejudice to label people without feeling racist. Why call him anything? Why not just take exception to his actions? Oh well, such is our nature.

01-22-2014, 10:05 PM	#11
WillH The Starter Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,592	Re: Around the NFL Championship Weekend It is a big deal because it is still used as a means of subjugating black people by some bitter racist people. The black community began using the word between one another as a way to take the power away from the word (or so I'm told), but unfortunately it just made stupid white people think it was ok to use themselves as long as there's an 'a' at the end. IMHO, I think it should not be used by anyone. Words have an immense amount of social power. I agree with Matty about "Thug" it has become a substitute so people can continue to use prejudice to label people without feeling racist. Why call him anything? Why not just take exception to his actions? Oh well, such is our nature.