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So your argument is that the only reason we stopped using the N-word colloquially is because Ford and Harvard made a pact to get rid of it?


No, I made a point about a specific thing and you keep not responding to it, so I give up.


That was your argument. If you don't think it was your argument, re-read your argument, and consider the example I gave.


I'm not sure we've all stopped using it, have we?


There is rarely a literal "all" when it comes to culture.


I was referring to the rather large segment of the population which continues to use it in popular culture just fine.


Ah, the "Why do Black people get to say it?" question that absolutely no one has a problem answering.


Go on then, not only "why do black people get to say it?" But "who is black enough to say it?" and "who gets to decide who is black enough to say it?"




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