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Why Black People *Can Say Nigga and White People Cannot

Episode Summary

In this episode I explore the social consequence of using the word nigga by both the protected class and the oppressed class. I explain how the social consequence of the word nigga has a direct impact on the political and economic disparties of our society and how subscribing and attempting to transform a word rooted in opression perpetuates internal and interpersonal modes of oppression - both conciously and subconciously.