Racial vilification (Re: warp & woof,

[jbor]

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>From: Thomas Eckhardt <uzs7lz at uni-bonn.de>
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> Correct me if I'm wrong, but the colour of skin of the person who uses the
word
> "nigger" for a black man or woman seems to be of some importance here, no?

Indeed, as do the *intent* of the person who uses the term and the *effect*
on the person or people towards whom it has been directed.

Its origin is as a racial slur, whatever attempts at "reappropriation" have
occurred in the meantime.

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