since y’all stupid, here’s an analogy i saw on tik tok: “if i have a wound, and i poke it, it does not give YOU the right to poke it. if i have a wound and i let my friend poke it, it, once again, does not give YOU the right to poke it. ‘why poke it in the first place if you do

not want others to poke it?’ because it’s my body, i can poke it if i want to.” this can be said the same to the n-word. “i have freedom of speech i can say whatever i want” okay: but, that doesn’t mean you SHOULD. if i have a lighter in my drawer, does that mean i should burn my

neighbors house down?? no. the n-word is built upon white supremacy. those who chose to reclaim the word, which not everyone does, do so to take away the power whites once had. you CANNOT reclaim a word that does not belong to your community.

re: non-black people CANT use the n-word. “if white people cant use the n-word then why can black people say ‘cracker’?” cracker is NOT a slur. cracker is a term WHITE slave owners called one another. in addition, white people have never been systematically oppressed

in history. white people have been the oppressors. this means, guess what, SAYING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF “i hate white people” ISNT RACIST BECAUSE IT WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO THE TRAUMA WHITE PEOPLE HAVE INFLICTED ON EVERY OTHER RACE !!

in conclusion: IF YOU ARE NOT APART OF THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO IS/WERE AFFECTED/TARGETED BY A SLUR, YOU CANNOT RECLAIM THE FUCKING WORD YOU IDIOTS ! DONT SAY THE N-WORD IF YOU ARE NOT BLACK, YOU DUMB FUCKS!!

+ i’m not black! i cannot speak on behalf of black people, and, in the grand scheme of things, my opinion on this topic truly does not matter because it is not up to me to decide!

+ if anything i said in this thread seems off-putting please let me know!! i do not want to

offend anyone!!

+ the common excuse of “i’m just [x-age] i don’t know any better” is an excuse to REMAIN IGNORANT!! GET EDUCATED!!! just because you grew up in a certain environment that molded your views on certain topics to be fucked up, doesn’t mean you cannot learn and

better yourself!

also if anyone knows the tik tok that i quoted, could you please drop the @ of the creator! i want to give credit where credit is due!