Except that ' s exactly what it is . Source math teacher in mixed ability classrooms that doesn ' t have the time or energy to challenge the gifted ones every day while bringing the rest up to grade level . <| sep |> I think those colours would work great . <| sep |> I noticed it . Hopefully it shuts up the global always gets shafted talk . 100 stones an old kai card . I ' ll take it . Were atleast in the ball park of JPN <| sep |> OP is blind . <| sep |> Thanks for sharing your perspective . Your friend sounds like an uncompromising douche . You ' d think he ' d just sing his unabridged lyrics in the shower out of courtesy for those around him if he ' s such a hip hop purist . His behavior is intentionally offensive . As he ' s a friend , you could try to explain the thoughts and internal responses you experience when he throws that term about carelessly , even if it ' s not directed toward you as a personal insult , but he doesn ' t seem to possess the minimum amount of empathy for it to matter . I do think direct dialogue , even if it ' s heated , is sometimes necessary and is a lot more productive than mere suppression . Obviously CNN and Brooke Baldwin still have discretion over what they air , even if they can ' t control the words their guests use to express their ideas . But it ' s entirely possible that how we ' re handling this particular slur as a culture overall is inadvertently making that specific term an even more powerful insult . We may be keeping it from dropping off into the obscurity that it deserves . I ' ve had racial slurs thrown at me personally , to my face but as wounding as the experience was , in that moment there was also a part of me thinking , Do you have any idea how archaic and ridiculous you sound in this day and age ? You backwards , smallminded old yokel ? And I laughed in his damn face and walked out the door . He came back with the closest approximation to an apology that he ' s ever made after having no contact with either his son or his favorite grandchild for over a year .