Comments on: Friday Question: Will the N-word ever go away? http://hellonegro.com/2008/06/28/friday-question-will-the-n-word-ever-go-away/ For Colored people who've experienced problems integrating Tue, 08 May 2012 17:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: urban bohemian http://hellonegro.com/2008/06/28/friday-question-will-the-n-word-ever-go-away/#comment-4197 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:33:44 +0000 http://hellonegro.wordpress.com/?p=672#comment-4197 I’m definitely in the “abhor” column. It’s probably my generation/upbringing, but there’s no way that word will ever be seen as reclaimed to me. I find it a little funny, however that the roles have reversed: Whites used it offensively and blacks were horrified. Blacks now use it casually and whites are horrified. What goes around comes around.

In my observation of culture, it seems like all sorts of horrible words are becoming totally passé, so I suspect there will always be people who bristle when they hear the word, but they’ll be surrounded by those that barely heard anything at all.

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