▲ 690 ▼ No we can't be friends and yes it's that serious (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by balderdash9@lemmy.zip to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago (4 children) Nonblacks have never had an n-word pass. It's never ok. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) Actually my cousin's friend Jeremy gave me a one-time pass as long as I don't tell his mom he threw rocks into Ms. Jones's garden, but aside from that I agree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did your cousin's friend Jeremy offer it unprompted or did you ask for that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It was unprompted, though technically you could describe it as "under duress", your honor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago Fun Fact: The n-word was used against anyone with dark enough skin, including Latinos, Indians, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders. It's kind of wild as a modern American reading people like Rudyard Kipling and having him just drop a casual n-word about Indians, honestly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard it said in person more by hispanics and pacific islanders than I've heard it from black or white people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) People saying it does not mean they have a pass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They sure seem to think they have one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What they think is irrelevant and you know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, and? I'm not saying it's right or wrong. I'm just saying that it happens. No one ever seems to call out non-whites for saying it, so they'll continue to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago I'm given to understand that Quentin Tarantino was given one by Samuel L Jackson, personally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) Actually my cousin's friend Jeremy gave me a one-time pass as long as I don't tell his mom he threw rocks into Ms. Jones's garden, but aside from that I agree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did your cousin's friend Jeremy offer it unprompted or did you ask for that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It was unprompted, though technically you could describe it as "under duress", your honor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did your cousin's friend Jeremy offer it unprompted or did you ask for that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It was unprompted, though technically you could describe it as "under duress", your honor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It was unprompted, though technically you could describe it as "under duress", your honor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago Fun Fact: The n-word was used against anyone with dark enough skin, including Latinos, Indians, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders. It's kind of wild as a modern American reading people like Rudyard Kipling and having him just drop a casual n-word about Indians, honestly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've heard it said in person more by hispanics and pacific islanders than I've heard it from black or white people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) People saying it does not mean they have a pass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They sure seem to think they have one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What they think is irrelevant and you know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, and? I'm not saying it's right or wrong. I'm just saying that it happens. No one ever seems to call out non-whites for saying it, so they'll continue to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) People saying it does not mean they have a pass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They sure seem to think they have one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What they think is irrelevant and you know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, and? I'm not saying it's right or wrong. I'm just saying that it happens. No one ever seems to call out non-whites for saying it, so they'll continue to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They sure seem to think they have one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What they think is irrelevant and you know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, and? I'm not saying it's right or wrong. I'm just saying that it happens. No one ever seems to call out non-whites for saying it, so they'll continue to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What they think is irrelevant and you know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, and? I'm not saying it's right or wrong. I'm just saying that it happens. No one ever seems to call out non-whites for saying it, so they'll continue to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, and? I'm not saying it's right or wrong. I'm just saying that it happens. No one ever seems to call out non-whites for saying it, so they'll continue to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago I'm given to understand that Quentin Tarantino was given one by Samuel L Jackson, personally. permalink fedilink source parent
