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End Racism Now

When is the best time to use the N-word in America? If you are white, then the answer is never. If you are black, the answer is any damn time you want to. If you are white and you say it, then you could lose your job, reputation, and some of your friends. If you are black and you say it, then you dare white folks to make a big deal about it and your job is never in jeopardy. Blacks make a big deal about the N-word ending in "a" as opposed to the N-word ending in "er". The former being an affectionate term and the other being hateful. If you are white, then you cannot use either. If you are black, then you only use the one ending in "a", because the one ending in "er" sounds too white. As Charles Dickens would say, for blacks, "it is the best of times and", for whites, "it is the worst of times." read the rest of article http://ezinearticles.com/?Not-So-Charles-Dickens:-The-Tale-Of-Two-N-Words&id=8128665

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