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Grievance Pending..no vacation pay?
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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 204886" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>My opinion is its a justified double standard. You simply can't use the N word. It is probably the most derogatory word in the english language. Blacks were forced to work for NOTHING at one time and I assume thats where the word originated from. I'm an Italian-American and if you want to call me "honkey", "cracker" or even "guinea", it really doesn't bother me. I could care less. But my guess is if I were black and you called me a N, it would hurt tremenduosly.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, I think black people should stop calling themeselves the N word. I work with a guy that calls himeself that all the time, and my feeling is I wish he would stop referring to himself that way. Because if we truly want racial equality, he needs to stop saying that. I view him as a friend, but if he uses that in conversation it reminds how cruel the white man was at one time (or still is?) and shifts the focus to the color of our skin when it shouldn't be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 204886, member: 4653"] My opinion is its a justified double standard. You simply can't use the N word. It is probably the most derogatory word in the english language. Blacks were forced to work for NOTHING at one time and I assume thats where the word originated from. I'm an Italian-American and if you want to call me "honkey", "cracker" or even "guinea", it really doesn't bother me. I could care less. But my guess is if I were black and you called me a N, it would hurt tremenduosly. At the same time, I think black people should stop calling themeselves the N word. I work with a guy that calls himeself that all the time, and my feeling is I wish he would stop referring to himself that way. Because if we truly want racial equality, he needs to stop saying that. I view him as a friend, but if he uses that in conversation it reminds how cruel the white man was at one time (or still is?) and shifts the focus to the color of our skin when it shouldn't be. [/QUOTE]
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