https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MnmmDiQSdA
Tim Wise's position is basically that the n-word belongs to black folk. It should not be used at all by white folk, no matter their situation or opinion, and they should not try to influence the way black folk use it. The way they use the word is "their conversation" and white folk should simply stay out of it. He reasons this with the way the white population has used it historically as a very denigrating word. He uses many analogies to further get his point across, one of my favorite bringing us back to childhood. "I can talk about my mama, by you sure as hell cannot talk about my mama." When someone from your family jokes and insults your family, usually you know they aren't hating on their own people. The n-word is similar to this. White folk aren't part of the black "family" and simply should not use it.
Wise's audience appears to be a college, but eventually became the world as it was posted on Youtube.
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