I just started reading Blood Meridan for the first time and I was kinda shocked to see the casual use of one of the worst slurs in the English language. I’m just wondering if this is a Huckleberry Finn thing and “justified” in some way? Or more like a Pulp Fiction situation where Tarantino seemed to throw it in there just because he could? Because honestly, I know this is close to being a modern-day classic but there are a lot of amazing books out there I’ve not yet read and I don’t know if it’s worth it to pollute my brain like that or just move on to something else.
This perspective is so interesting and very reflective of people looking at racism as a thing of the past.
I can promise that you know multiple people who are still very comfortable using that word. Maybe not around you, because you’re one of those “woke people”, but they definitely use it.
Racism is alive and well, and the n word is the least of it. To completely dismiss anything that uses the word and to act as if it isn’t still in many people’s vocabulary is not as progressive as you might think.