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I have a black friend.

Really. He's actually black. Like from African and stuff.
Not just an Indian with baggy jeans.

So you see. I'm not a racist.

Which means I can use the word "nigger" without invoking the centuries of pain, suffering and oppression that that word carries with it.

You see the thing is, when you're a person of colour, that comes with a certain amount of baggage. When you wake up in the morning and put that skin on, you have a responsibility to an entire race.

You become a representative of an entire species.

And as a white man with a black friend, I totally understand that.