A friend of mine is a really intelligent, nice guy, but he uses the "n" word. For instance, after someone broke into his car and stole his stereo, he said, "I bet it was a bunch of f'ing n-words!" I asked him about it and he claims that he didn't just mean black people, they could have been white or Hispanic, he was just talking about a "specific type of people." There are other examples, too.
I don't want to think of him as a racist, but I can't help it. If he meant just the kind of person who steals, why would he say anything at all, since it's obvious that a thief took it? Or why couldn't he have said, "I bet it was some druggie @sshole" or something else that didn't have obvious racial connotations?
I'd like some input! I just can't look at him the same way anymore. I know someone will say it shouldn't matter if he's racist, but I can't trust or like someone who has such unreasonable, unjustified hate.
2007-07-17
18:56:57
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