A man called my coworker a "nigger" today -- now that I've had a few hours to quash the tsunami of rage that welled up inside me when I heard the story, I feel pity for the man's ignorance and the example he is setting for his children, and a great deal of sadness at my coworker's remark of "I'm used to it."
I find it impossible to believe that it was ignorance. In this day and age, to use that word is an attack, full stop. That's horrifying.
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