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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

The acceptability of words in a social situation should depend on the context the given word is used in, no word itself should be concidered inherently offensive.

it is arguably the most consequential social insult in American History, though, at the same time, a word that reminds us of ***8216;the ironies and dilemmas, tragedies and glories of the American experience***8217;***8221; (Kennedy 1).

As a black American male, the word ****** conjures up within me hate, hostility, violence, oppression, and a very shameful and unfortunate part of American History. The word symbolizes the everlasting chains of a people plagued with hate and bondage simply because of skin color. For many black people, including myself, ****** is the most pejorative word in the English language. Even when compared to racial slurs like kike, honkey, cracker, wet back, spic, jungle bunny, pod, tarbaby, and white trash, ****** is noted as the worst insult in the English language. The word ****** suggests that black people are second class citizens, ignorant and less than human.

Should ****** be Used as a term of Endearment in the Black Community and Everywhere?
Randall Kennedy argues that the word ****** should be usable by all people as long as no one is being harmed. ***8220;There is nothing necessarily wrong with a white person saying ******, just like there is nothing necessarily wrong with a black person saying it. What should matter is the context in which the word is spoken***8221; (Kennedy 51). Here Kennedy argues that context can determine how ****** is used, and to treat the word otherwise would transform ****** into a kind of fetish. Fetish by definition means to treat something with unusual obsession or devotion.

http://wrt-intertext.syr.edu/XI/******.html