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The same logic can be applied to black people and the n-word. Shall I name a product after the n-word with no harm intended or being explicitly serious or negative? Does that make it right? No.

You may not be offended by the word "smallfoot" but that's just you. You can't make that judgment for black people and the n-word anymore then you can make that judgment for the word "amnesia" and the entire community of amnesiacs.




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