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Sep 12, 2011 lld commented on Deeply Embarrassed White People Talk Awkwardly About Race.

I have to disagree with this:

'says Riz Rollins, the writer, DJ, and KEXP personality. "For white people, the only word that begins to approximate the emotional violence a person of color experiences being called a nigger from a white person is 'racist.'

A typical male-dominance perspective: for women "c**t" will do it every time. White men have no idea the emotional violence this word elicits when a woman has this shouted at her. Or maybe they do, which is why they like to use it.