re: Georgia fan shares racist comments made by UGA baseball player toward Justin Fields

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Georgia fan shares racist comments made by UGA baseball player toward Justin Fields
Why are y’all so concerned about saying that word? It’s one word. It’s not hard to not say it.

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I think you may be missing my point on this. As I mentioned in my earlier post in the thread, you can't walk down any public middle school hallway without hearing it these days. Yes, you and I and other mature whites understand not to use the word (in any form or variation). However, you have to admit that younger kids, without proper parenting, growing up and subjected to its usage every day could potentially begin to feel safe using it as well.

I've heard younger whites use the word when greeting blacks without the black person becoming upset. Also as I stated earlier, when I grew up we never used the word and hardly heard it except for some of the older white men in town.

Point is, I don't believe the word is so "black and white" for the younger generation as it was for us.