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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-10-10 06:09 PM
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10. I must be reading it the wrong way.
Edited on Wed Feb-10-10 06:12 PM by DefenseLawyer
He seems to be saying that he is accepted in the black community (I have a hood pass) but as a white guy he can never really claim to be part of that community because he doesn't face discrimination (being turned away at the restaurant) and obviously isn't a black man, as it would never be acceptable for him to call his "hood pass" a "n***** pass". Of course there is an ongoing debate in this country even in the African American community about the use of the N word by African Americans themselves, but many people agree that use of the word by black people is not the same has if a white guy like him were to use it. I believe that was where he was going there. I don't see him calling someone a "nigger". I have to be honest I barely know who this guy is, but other than the foolishness about his privates, which was i assume intended to be self deprecating humor, I didn't see that as a racist rant. But being a middle aged white guy myself, my take on the whole thing doesn't have much importance.
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