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Why does Yahoo think N$gro is a bad word... when it isn't at all?

There's the united n$gro college fund, and also present in MLK's greatest speeches. Why does Yahoo block it out? It's not like I said something BAD... is it?

Watch: My best friend is a *****, and I hear from him all the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*****

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    You must be new to Yahoo.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Because you're not speaking Spanish. If you're speaking English, what's wrong with Black?

    Also, because while the word itself isn't automatically offensive, 99.9% of people who want to use it are trying to insult people.

    That's my answer.

    This strikes me as a slightly milder form of a white person whining "why can't I say the N word? It's not faaaaaaaaaaaair." (Will their lives be immeasurably better if they can?) It's almost as bad as people who say things like "some of my best friends are [insert a race or cultural group other than one's own]" or "I'm not racist, but..."

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