Anyone saying 'intent is what matters' is missing the (imo very interesting) heart of the issue here -- if the presence of the word at all perpetuates an environment of hate or oppression even saying it could be damaging. that said, if some nigger is going to cry because a little kid on the internet who doesn't evne know…
ok but you have to understand that its not something that would go away just like that. oppression while in slavery > oppression after slavery > fighting for equality > haven gotten it in laws and and such doesn't mean it would automatically go away. they grow up in it, have kids in and their kids also; all grow up with…
So being an, African American, bi-racial, whatever you want to call it; I've dealt with quite the amount of ignorance, and some immature kids yelling on the internet wont really bother me. There's no point in trying to explain history to them because they wont listen.