Why the N-word is so toxic
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You Believe There Shouldn't Be Boundaries?
Author randall kennedy says he has gotten a lot of blowback from people who say there shouldn't be boundaries. He argues that when i hear the r nigger, it makes me think of when i was put in the back of the bus and if i wanted to live, i had to stay in the backof the bus. The twentieth anniversary edition of his book "The N-word" is out this month.
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