Last week the NAACP declared the death of the "N-Word" and held a funeral for it - which I think is appropriate. Although I get the concept of re-claiming a word to disempower it, in reality it still holds a lot of negative power.
What I think is more interesting is all the media coverage that never once used the actual word!
And my own debate right now on whether to include it or not. My inclination is to use it, because I think it's a little silly not to, but on the other hand, it's a word that we just don't use and I guess that means even while writing about it.
Now - to see if it will really happen and people will stop using it...! We can only hope.
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