The word can't be illegaluzed. It's protected by the Constitution. The Klan even has the right to march down the streets of Manhattan.I am not in the U.S. now and have only ever been a tourist but when I was there last New York had just banned the N word from use and black artists had to fight for their exception for it to be[ used — thedeadidea
You can only adhere to such standards if you have nothing to lose. It ignores that there are consequences for its use. — Hanover
But that doesn't mean that this isn't a moral issue, and that doesn't mean that you're right to trivialise it as you're doing. You're not even addressing the issue. Of what relevance is it supposed to be that you'd be a-okay with being a lap dog to political correctness in academia? — S
You weren't just doing that, you were repeating some tired old recycled stuff about black people using it etc. that we hear regularly from the morons on Fox news and don't expect to see puked up across the pages here by one of our more esteemed commentators (there you go, a backhanded compliment). — Baden
No ecause it's not the same speech behaviour. We've been through this. Activate your memory circuits. — Baden
So easy for someone who's never been in a similar position of responsibility to say that. My moral issue as a teacher is first and foremost the welfare and education of my students. So, my moral risk would be, for example when teaching in China, saying something concerning human rights that might upset the authorities there but would have a potentially positive effect on said students. The idea that, if I were teaching in America, I should further the goal of helping my students by potentially insulting a significant number of them on some bogus free speech anti-PC trip, is, frankly, retarded. — Baden
It's only horrible if white people say it. In a couple of centuries the average American will be brownish and sort of Latino looking. The N-word won't be a thing. — frank
The idea that, if I were teaching in America, I should further the goal of helping my students by potentially insulting a significant number of them on some bogus free speech anti-PC trip, is, frankly, retarded. — Baden
Silly. You don't get to be part of the black community by spending time in a tanning salon or suddenly discovering some black genes despite life-time entrenchment outside it. — Baden
I don't see a big problem. Because the cost of not offending here is one syllable. What is the major issue for you? Go ahead and present your argument. — Baden
The idea that, if I were teaching in America, I should further the goal of helping my students by potentially insulting a significant number of them on some bogus free speech anti-PC trip, is, frankly, retarded. — Baden
Polemics are my favorites... — thedeadidea
I'm thinking the predictions made in 1819 about what 2019 would look like are pretty much wrong. — Hanover
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