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Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Banning the "N word" slur for African-Americans: A good intention butts against free speech

Nigger. Nigger is just a word. To quote Lenny Bruce "if you say it enough, it doesn't mean anything any more". Trying to ban the use of it doesn't solve anything. It is not the word that causes the damage, it is the mind set of people who use it. Its not the word they say, its why they say they say the word. That should be the issue here. I can't even understand the reasoning behind this banning. Do they think that if you stop people using the word nigger, then people will stop being racists? I have never understood prejudice of any kind and have always found it totally unacceptable to hat...

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