# Getting used to racial vilification **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-racial-vilification/751977 "2016-04-12T04:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-racial-vilification/751977/61 "2016-04-15T11:40:28Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > This is how I feel, and it also applies to the complaint about the use of “the N word” like five year olds. It’s great that people who aren’t the target of the slur are ready to use it in a neutral context, but it really shouldn’t be about you. Oh please. If the mere sound of a word, used in a strictly neutral context, causes that much distress I suggest social injustice is not that person’s only problem. Are you expecting to have any kind of serious discussion about something without being able to bring yourself to pronounce that which you’re discussing? ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-racial-vilification/751977/62 "2016-04-15T12:52:29Z")
Seems like you’re underestimating the trauma that racism can cause. And yes, people have managed to have serious discussions about slurs without using the slur in question. It’s not difficult at all, either, considering the fact that, in this circumstance, we have an easily understood euphemism to use in its place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-used-to-racial-vilification/751977.md?page=3)