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White people who think equality means "both white people and black people get to say the n-word!"—How? How can you think this?
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it doesn't matter who says it, it matters how it is said
If I say "I am Natalie" and you say "I am Natalie," one of these statements is true, and the other false, even though they're the same words
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The meaning of words is partially contingent on who is saying them. Same is true of connotation and likely effect on the audience.
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If you don't see how a member of an oppressed group reclaiming a slur is different than the oppressing group using that slur—I just...
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firstly, saying "im natalie" when im not natalie is not offensive and people wont jump on you for saying that
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and secondly it's a sentence to describe oneselfe, which has strong connection to who says it, but saying nigga to somebody is not —
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— self descriptive, it doesnt matter who said it, it matters who it is said to, and how it is said
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I agree with you, but that's not a perfect analogy here, since there's a difference between specific words and content of statements.
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