great responses to this thread:
After reading all of the responses, an addendum is in order.
I am (currently) a black american.Among my close group of friends and co-workers, who are also black, the N. word is used with great regularity.
Among us, no defense for its usage is even necessary because its colloquial origins are fully understood. The word is used as a noun, which
modifies as a noun-phrase. When inflected it becomes a verb expressing an act or mood and of course an adjective which can denote the quality
of the thing being named..The N. word is far more complicated than its usage.That is pretty plain. When it is used by anyone other than a black
american it can be biteing and inciteful.On the other hand, being called a tranny, especially by another tranny, can be deliberately endering.Although
Being called a tranny by someone other than a tranny, can be-not will be, derogatory like the N. word)
If being called a tranny means I am accepted among the group that frequents here, people who pour out their souls, each day, to understand
the human condition, then forgive my indulgence, for I am truly honored......dana
