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Originally Posted by Ravi  I go back and forth on that. The more you use a word, the less power it has to demean. Which is more than likely why blacks started using it to begin with. | I think language is powerful. And while I'd never say "prohibit people from using the word"; I think that it's ugliness that doesn't need to be perpetuated. And I think it effects the self-image of people who do it.
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