What is it about this word that stirs so much emotion? It's a lot like swearing, the "F" word just rolls off your tongue so easily, I can think of a few more that are the same, but the "N" word is taboo. You are not allowed to say it, think it, or otherwise use it unless you are black, in which case you get to use it anyway you want. I did see someone on TV the other day saying that he wished the word would just disappear, and I understand that. The persecution that the African Americans has endured and still endures is mind boggling. It ranks right up there with what the Jews must have felt after the war. It's just like trying to quit smoking, when you see someone smoking you conjure up all those moments when you were addicted.
Maybe one day everyone will get that we are ALL made from the same DNA and that we are all equal in most ways. That is the most wonderful thing about science, it dispels most of the bullshit.
7 billion, equal in all ways, and counting
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