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Old 01-23-2014, 03:54 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I would like to see this level of outrage when an innocent person of color is murdered in one of our cities.
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Old 01-23-2014, 06:05 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I would like to see this level of outrage when an innocent person of color is murdered in one of our cities.
That's rare. I'ts usually black killing white, Hispanics, or other Blacks. Whites killing blacks is pretty uncommon. Not a racist just stating the facts.
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:27 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Should we change the thread title? Blacks are saying that using "thug" is the same as using the N-word.
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Old 01-23-2014, 07:34 PM
 
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Should we change the thread title? Blacks are saying that using "thug" is the same as using the N-word.
The word "thug" comes from India, from a word meaning "thief". Has nothing to do with the n-word.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:07 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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That is one definition. In the "black community" it does mean the "N-Word". Check out Compton.
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Old 01-23-2014, 08:27 PM
 
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That is one definition. In the "black community" it does mean the "N-Word". Check out Compton.
Compton is in California, couldn't care less what they think there. And I'm not really interested in anyone taking perfectly good words like "thug" and magically turning them into racial slurs against themselves.
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Old 01-23-2014, 09:01 PM
 
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Compton is in California, couldn't care less what they think there. And I'm not really interested in anyone taking perfectly good words like "thug" and magically turning them into racial slurs against themselves.
Agreed. It is silly and society should not give into the stupidity just because someone claims something is "racist"
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Old 01-23-2014, 09:12 PM
 
Location: Randolph, NJ
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Compton is in California, couldn't care less what they think there. And I'm not really interested in anyone taking perfectly good words like "thug" and magically turning them into racial slurs against themselves.
Yeah, the definition based on derivation from India is much more relevant.
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Old 01-23-2014, 10:27 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Yeah, the definition based on derivation from India is much more relevant.
Well if you grew up in the "hood" like he did maybe you would see it differently.
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Old 01-24-2014, 12:23 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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That's rare. I'ts usually black killing white, Hispanics, or other Blacks. Whites killing blacks is pretty uncommon. Not a racist just stating the facts.
Good job completely missing my point.
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