To be fair Mr. 6242, I have never in person or from rumors ......heard any person of authority use the word. Has it happened...probably so and if it has then this is genuinely unprofessional and should not be tolerated. IMO it does not help society when still there are african american kids throwing and advertising the word all over Gods land to this day. Of course they cannot help but to repeat it since rapping idles today are using it in music.I will answer to the best of my ability from a open teaching perspective confessing that I am not the final word:
It speaks more to a cycle of violence A lot of kids in an oppressed situation were that word is used consistently by law enforcement and people of authority during perpetrated verbal and physical violence turn to the exact verbal and physical means that is perpetrated against them. It becomes the ultimate way to take and feel power that has been taken away from them. Actually this is a good conversation and the reason that this is so important for CMS to react because the kid that reported it at least had a release......the other kids that did not report and felt the same way in times of stress possibly will act out violently seeking that return to a power position. Now this is not in all circumstances but it speaks to the psychology...
I see it this way, Musicians will sing about a problem but in return they are not fixing the problem by continuously using the word of the problem. This will not fix the kids, society, the hood, and especially the world.
How do you fix four tires that had a nail in them, if the owner takes the nails out, inflate them, and the same owner injects nails back in, immediate after you thought the problem was solved?.......You wont get far because the problem continues
(Problem + Solution= Opportunity) - This racial slur battle still stands at the "problem" level.
I dont think we see the spanish culture going around to each other saying "What it do spic". "You down for tonight spic?"........this would tear up the latin culture
We live in a copy/cat world
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