Racial Slurs

I personally Find them incredibly offensive, even when they do not apply to me. However I do not find Homophobic slurs incredibly offensive, even when they do apply to me. Why is this?
I feel that calling someone a N***** is very offensive. Only 40 years ago minorities didn't have as many rights as Caucasians. I feel that bringing up hate words of that era is incredibly callous, and disrespects all the work people like MLK, Malcom X, and others put in, trying to end segregation





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In my opinion, it's not what you say. It's how you say it, and to who. I live next to a black guy, and I can call him a nigger and we have a laugh about it. I don't go up to people I don't know and scream it at them though.

It's situational.

 

Agreed with Schnell, its about how you say it. I say it the odd time at school and when i do its "nigga" not nigger. Though not that much of a difference in my eyes , they take no offense to it. I could say in a happy tone whatsup nigga and they would respond with nothin just chillin. But if i said sup nigger, i wouldn't last another 30sec