• Asafum@feddit.nl
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    7 months ago

    That one has me a bit torn because the n-word is used for any black person and obviously meant to hurt them. On the other hand, “the w-word” just means a white guy who dresses and acts like a gangsta rapper from the 90s-00s

    Is that offensive? The root of it is, I just don’t know if the actual meaning lessens how offensive it is

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      7 months ago

      I mean, they’re technically calling black people the N word by proxy (it’s meant to essentially be white + N word to refer to a white guy pretending to be/acting black). So it seems like a case of “if you’re not black you probably shouldn’t say it”.