All it takes, though, taylors mummy is one kid overhearing some rap music, asking what a n**r is and their parents replying, ?oh, it?s a black person? without a full explanation for it to catch on in the playground. I don?t think Glasgow is breeding mini Klan members, we?re all to busy hating people for religious reasons, never mind skin colour. (?)
I think the reclamation thing loses it?s argument here, because children are confused by the use of the word, that it?s acceptable as a pride thing in certain sections of the black community, but not others. That it?s a word white people just can?t say. .
Me: Please don?t say that - it?s wrong to use words that are hurtful. Black people don?t like that word because white people in America used it during slavery when black people were stolen from their homes and shipped halfway across the world to be kept in chains and used as slaves.
Son: but if it?s hurtful why do black people use it?
Me: it?s ironic.
Son: what?s irony?
Me: phone your dad and ask him.