What’s the crime? Making inappropriate and poorly executed race based jokes in a private conversation with his friend?
If it’s inappropriate to say to a Black person it’s ok to say it a white one?
Where did he learn that using racist slurs was cool and funny?
Why is using racist slurs cool and funny?
Do you use racist slurs when having private conversations with your friends?
I disagree 100%. No word should be “ok” with specific racial groups and not ok for others.
And the use of racial terms (slurs) are not in and of themselves indicative racism in the heart of the user. Context is everything. Comedians can tell racially offensive jokes without actually being racists.
Free speech protection isn’t there for words we like, btw.
A post above showed a snippet of a group text. I‘m part of an ongoing group chat consisting of men from a variety of different races, black, white, Latino, Arab, Jew, Indian, Asian. We pretty much have it covered.
The “racist” slurs we hurl back and forth at each other are vicious and unrelenting.
Yet we are all friends.
Imagine that.
If I can’t say something to every member of a racial, ethnic, or religious group without getting punched in the face then its my and society’s opinion man that the term is offensive and shouldn’t be used anymore in any context if you’re not racist.
That’s great that your friend group resembles the UN and your able to use terms that more than likely would earn you a beat down in a different context.
Those terms might not mean anything to your friends but they still have a history that’s not chill.
All of these arguments sure seem like they’re defending and excusing racism.
Casual racism, but racism nonetheless.
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