matthew123 Wrote: > Maybe what I said was not clear. 'hearing the term > blind' as in, you hear the N-word but not who has > said it - i.e. your disgust at hearing the N-word > should not differ on turning your head and now > seeing the culprit was Black rather than White. Not sure I agree with this, Matthew. I think posters have generally already made the point that it's impossible for a non-black person disingenuously to use the word without being aware that it is an accepted racist term. I can't imagine any situation (Christmas eve, stomping on head, 4.30-4.48.........) when it's OK. LGWD has already said (again, amazing that it needs saying!) that it's very common for black people to use the Nword casually, especially in America but also here. So you perhaps can't assume that it isn't racist, but you shouldn't assume it is. I don't have a problem at all (unlike LGWD) with the topic being discussed, but I do wonder whether some posters are being a bit single-minded by insisting on 'one rule for all'. It's just not that simple.