that one race should say it because it was what was used to oppress our ancestors to tell them that they were not to be respected. So when we come back and reclaim it for our own use, to change the meaning for OURSELVES, if you are not black just do not say it considering the history. End of story.
There's never an appropriate time to use a slur that doesn't belong to you. Theoretically speaking, if you're going to quote someone and you're aware of that, it doesn't hurt to not say the whole word or whatever. I don't know why this idea of using a slur has attempts to be justified.
what do you not understand?
okay. Back in ye old slavery time, white slave owners would beat/rape/hurt their slaves. Constantly they would call them the n word with a hard er. This would continue for until slavery ended. Once black people were free and civil right movements and what not some black people decided If that word was derogatory towards me and my black brothers and sisters, why don't we try to change its history, make it a greeting. But never was it forgotten that the word came from uses that would oppress black people and say you don't deserve to be a human, you don't deserve rights and you don't derserve respect. But black purple, remember that, reclaimed it to change its connotation. So only black people, who were called the n word back in slavery time, can say the n word because it only effected them. Only black people can say it and use it. Non blacks saying the n word isn't a double standard they are just trashy and annoying.
Reclaiming slurs isn't "slurring yourself". An LGBT person calling themselves a f***** is NOT the same thing as a straight person calling them that. Likewise, a black person calling themselves the N word is not the same thing as a white person calling them that. You don't get to reclaim a word that was never used against you and people like you throughout history, nor does hearing someone reclaim it give you the right to start using it!
