I assume the difference is that one of them has a wheelchair? ;)
Might I ask if your friend is a native Texan or native to the South in general? Some people here still think this is the mid-1800s and theah's a wahh goin' ohn to take away ahh 'help.' Or, more ridiculously, whites are afraid of non-whites. At least that's my perception of it, and that's NOT to say that I agree with that sentiment. Living in the south all my life, the vast majority in Texas, I'm not surprised but always offended when I hear racial comments. They're rampant here.
However, I've been reading (mostly re-reading) a lot of "classic" Stephen King books lately. He's from Maine (way north!) and sure does throw in a lot of racial slurs that cause me to flinch. Maybe he does it to add to the uncomfortableness of the story; it's always in context of something, but still. Seeing those words still make me squirm a bit. Bravo to King, I guess, for making the books that much more unnerving?
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Might I ask if your friend is a native Texan or native to the South in general? Some people here still think this is the mid-1800s and theah's a wahh goin' ohn to take away ahh 'help.' Or, more ridiculously, whites are afraid of non-whites. At least that's my perception of it, and that's NOT to say that I agree with that sentiment. Living in the south all my life, the vast majority in Texas, I'm not surprised but always offended when I hear racial comments. They're rampant here.
However, I've been reading (mostly re-reading) a lot of "classic" Stephen King books lately. He's from Maine (way north!) and sure does throw in a lot of racial slurs that cause me to flinch. Maybe he does it to add to the uncomfortableness of the story; it's always in context of something, but still. Seeing those words still make me squirm a bit. Bravo to King, I guess, for making the books that much more unnerving?
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