thom w wrote:
While I can't really know how it affects you if I call you the N word, I'm assuming it's a lot different than if you call me c*****r, peckerwood, on honkey. I think the history behind the words is different. I'm not sure why the N word has become so much more powerful since when I was in college, but I accept that it has. I guess I don't see those terms for w****s as terms of endearment but they don't seem very powerful.
As far as racial slurs directed at w****s. It just depends on who is on the receiving end.