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I said that you 2, growing up probably had the same experience with the frequent use of the word nigger as I did. The difference is I became desensitized to it, while you guys seemingly internalized it. Being old and set in my ways, the word is no big thing to me and I will continue to use it around Blacks - and around Whites as well, when I'm trying to make a point; I have no qualms about using the word "nigger" around Whites during a discussion about bigotry. I like how uncomfortable this makes them. On the occasion when some Whites have ventured to ask me why it is alright for Blacks, particularly rappers, to use nigger , but unacceptable for other ethnicities use it, I refuse to be put on the defensive. I simply say something in the vein of it being similar to how it's OK for one to criticize one's own family, but not OK for others to do so. Take it or leave it. We can, however, all agree on one thing: that this anecdotal bantering proves nothing because it really doesn't matter. Maybe one day you talented 2 will become multi-million dollar entrepreneurs, and the only thing you'll have to worry about in your aspirations to rival the success of white businesses will be that you won't duplicate the duplicities that made them rich.