one time an elderly white coworker of mine overheard some young black guys calling one another the n word casually, so he got angry and shouted the n word at them, and then said it's racist if white people can't say it. He then went around the area asking if white people should be allowed to say slurs
This was at some kind of middle school volleyball game his niece was at and he told me the story like he was the hero
Even when I was a conservative / libertarian, I never had any urge to ever say that word. Why is it so important for so many white folks to be able to say it?
Yup. Even when a black person says "ok, you can say it, I won't care," they're too afraid to say it, or they don't actually want to say it lol. They're just used to everything being available at all times. Basically spoiled brats who have a closet full of toys and games but is mad at Tommy because his one new toy gets so much attention, but then once he gets the same toy he just tosses it in the closet
White people see the edges of decency and inclusion differently because of their privilege. Not being able to say a word that a black person can say is at that boundary, it's the "big deal" boundary against which to push for them because a white person's place in society is normative and they barely have to deal with anything racialized, themselves.
A similar black person's boundary is whether to push back against some casual racism because you don't know if violence will be the response. Of course there are much worse things black people deal with at this boundary, this is a very generous example.
one time an elderly white coworker of mine overheard some young black guys calling one another the n word casually, so he got angry and shouted the n word at them, and then said it's racist if white people can't say it. He then went around the area asking if white people should be allowed to say slurs
This was at some kind of middle school volleyball game his niece was at and he told me the story like he was the hero
Even when I was a conservative / libertarian, I never had any urge to ever say that word. Why is it so important for so many white folks to be able to say it?
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Yup. Even when a black person says "ok, you can say it, I won't care," they're too afraid to say it, or they don't actually want to say it lol. They're just used to everything being available at all times. Basically spoiled brats who have a closet full of toys and games but is mad at Tommy because his one new toy gets so much attention, but then once he gets the same toy he just tosses it in the closet
White people see the edges of decency and inclusion differently because of their privilege. Not being able to say a word that a black person can say is at that boundary, it's the "big deal" boundary against which to push for them because a white person's place in society is normative and they barely have to deal with anything racialized, themselves.
A similar black person's boundary is whether to push back against some casual racism because you don't know if violence will be the response. Of course there are much worse things black people deal with at this boundary, this is a very generous example.
this is so fucking funny lmao