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Feminism and Diversity

libodem

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5. Very true

Reply to ellenrr (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 26, 2014, 12:05 PM

Apr 2014

It is just in poor taste to use the n-word, ever. There is really no call for it in this modern world. Books and historical work are okay because it is making a point. Say, Huck Finn or even The Help. It puts the context of the use of that word into a certain perspective for us to understand how people behaved.

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Is the T-word the new N-word? [View all] libodem Apr 2014 OP

Thug? yeah it is d_r Apr 2014 #1

what is the "T word"? (I also loved the Birdcage - both of them) ellenrr Apr 2014 #2

I suppose this is for educational purposes libodem Apr 2014 #3

I've heard people who identify as trans use the term... ellenrr Apr 2014 #4

Very true libodem Apr 2014 #5

I remember when we read Huck Finn, I guess I was in 9th grade or something like that... ellenrr Apr 2014 #6

Yep libodem Apr 2014 #7

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