coLored PeOple cAnt be RacIsT

I’m sorry, but I just can’t agree that the n word is as bad as something like gringo. While I do find your viewpoint immensely flawed, I agree that being prejudiced against someone for innate qualities like race is one of the worst things people do. The difference however is that white people continue to benefit from a system that systematically continues to oppress racial and ethnic minorities and grant (the majority) white peoples certain privilege, so use of derogatory language towards them continues a dangerous historical precedent and pretends that divide doesn’t exist and can severely damage one’s self-worth whereas, flipped the other way around, it only exists as a cruel insult.

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