Racial slurs against whites do not carry the same weight as they do against blacks. I'm black and white, and I've gotten it from both sides from strangers, from people I know, even family. Call me any white slur and it'll seems silly, call me any black slur and there will be nothing funny about it. White people were never segregated against in this country, they were never, by law, meant to be inferior in status as Americans, blacks have, and to this day continue to be so more often than a lot of people appear to realize. No, a black president isn't a cureall, Obama in the White House doesn't change the heart of every racist in America, if anything it's only fanning those flames further.
I want to also add that I'm not fond of the N-bomb regardless of who says it. White people like to emulate black people (or at least the media's portrayal of the typical token black), so when blacks start dropping N on each other, you get whites doing it too. I don't care how you try to mispronounce/spell the word, It's the same word, and you should be ashamed of yourselves for being so comforetable with using it.
Mute button is not a solution, it is permission. Bury your heads in the sand all you like, the racists will not go away just because you've corker your ears. Until MS actually enforces their own rules of conduct, I will never use XBL.
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