Heather Wood over at The Huffington Post has been doing some keen race based writing in the last few months. It's probably the hippest shit over on that blog, even if she does sound like Mad Tv's "Inside Looking Out" when she references the anti-racist credentials she's gained from being in a marriage with an African American man. Her entire piece today is on point (and linked above), but the below segment is worth sampling for this blog's topic:
2. Using Culture-Specific Slang to Relate to Other Races
K-Fed, you ain't. And you just shouldn't try to be--ever.Black people have a wide array of colorful terms that come in and go out of style and can be used in a myriad of different ways. White people, it will be extremely tempting to try and incorporate these terms into your everyday language. Don't. When you guys start using our words, that's when we know it's time to stop using them.
- Nick Adams, author Making Friends With Black People
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