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Dear Fellow White Person With the "Cool Black Friend",
Hi! I hear that you have a black friend who is cool with you saying that word. You know the one.
Listen, I'm happy for you and I'ma let you get back to saying it, but first let me 'splain you a thing. Actually a few things.
1. Maybe your friend really doesn't mind...or maybe they're just so tired of this whole issue that it's less aggravating for them to say they don't mind when they really do.
2. Your friend is one black person. There's a whole metric shit-ton of other black people out there who do, in fact, mind...
3. ...and I can almost guaran-damn-tee you that if you get used to saying that word when you're with your Cool Black Friend who's okay with it, sooner or later, it is gonna pop out your fool mouth when you're around someone who is not okay with it. Remember that time you accidentally said "fuck" in front of your grandmother? Yeah.
4. Maybe you should really take a minute to think about why it's so damn important to you to say that word. I mean, seriously, you have the entire English language at your disposal. You say it's not fair that "they can call each other that" and you can't? Ask your Cool Black Friend about whether they're treated fairly in our society. Not being able to say one word is not going to kill you.
Hi! I hear that you have a black friend who is cool with you saying that word. You know the one.
Listen, I'm happy for you and I'ma let you get back to saying it, but first let me 'splain you a thing. Actually a few things.
1. Maybe your friend really doesn't mind...or maybe they're just so tired of this whole issue that it's less aggravating for them to say they don't mind when they really do.
2. Your friend is one black person. There's a whole metric shit-ton of other black people out there who do, in fact, mind...
3. ...and I can almost guaran-damn-tee you that if you get used to saying that word when you're with your Cool Black Friend who's okay with it, sooner or later, it is gonna pop out your fool mouth when you're around someone who is not okay with it. Remember that time you accidentally said "fuck" in front of your grandmother? Yeah.
4. Maybe you should really take a minute to think about why it's so damn important to you to say that word. I mean, seriously, you have the entire English language at your disposal. You say it's not fair that "they can call each other that" and you can't? Ask your Cool Black Friend about whether they're treated fairly in our society. Not being able to say one word is not going to kill you.