I didn't even know that was a racially charged word?
I thought it was just a silly word. Like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
As I said, it's about one step above one of them calling one of us "honkey" or white devil". My brother's girlfriend got onto him recently for using the
n-word, and it really drove home for me how society has changed. My dad used that word all the time around us kids growing up, and we never thought much of it. We were taught there were words you could say at home or in a close-knit circle of friends, but that you didn't say them on the playground or at church, because it was rude. And we didn't say it to one of
them, of course, 'lessn you wanted your ass whupped. But we never thought the day would come where you could lose your job or reputation over dropping a casual
n-bomb or telling an offensive joke at the office. You're not even safe online. Oh, your enemies can threaten to kill you and then piss on your corpse, they just can't use any ethnic, sexist, or homophobic slurs while doing it.
Also, I hate it when people ignorantly use "racist"and "prejudiced" interchangeably. A racist judges a group of people as inferior because of skin color. A bigot simply doesn't associate with a certain group usu. because of a negative past experience. They don't look at you as inferior, they just don't like you, or think you're dangerous. I'll happily be a bigot all day, but I've never been a racist person. I hate all people equally.