N Word

Regarding Paula Deen and her admitted use of a racial slur word, I will lay out the truth for you. There are 2 kinds of people. Those that admit to using the "N" word, and bald faced liars. Now, the time has come to wakeup and shutup. Be kind to all people, and people will be kind to you.

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 I think it's possible to use a word until it looses much of it's power. This old HONKY grew up in the South. If I said "Nigger", my Mother would wash my mouth out with soap. We had a young black woman working as a maid and caretaker of me and my younger brother. She made me angry one day and I called her a nigger. She said in return, "just wait 'til your mother comes home". I was terrified. I knew that I had a whipping coming with a switch from a gnarly bush in the yard.  Lucky for me, she didn't tell mother, and I went out of my way to be nice to her from that day on.
One additional memory. The time frame is in the mid 1940"s. Mother, Dad, my brother and I went to visit her at her home one day. Her home was a log cabin in the woods west of Salem, VA. Truly! No electricity or running water. Candles at night. A bucket in the well for water. This was about 68 years ago. I can still visualize it.