# Cossey: Ban?

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**Created:** [November 9, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240 "2009-11-09T12:57:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240/266 "2009-11-10T10:35:58Z")

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> [@GTO \> Saturn Vue](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-saturn-vue/25566/24):
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> Everyone always says, if black people can use the N word, why can’t I? The reason that alot of black people frequently use it is because it was a way to take an offensive word away from their oppressor. This may sound like complete garbage to you but I was told this by my sister who graduated from NYU with a masters in sociology.
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> Think about when you see two girls calling each other bitches on the street, would you go up to one of them and be like ohhhh your such a bitch.

Precisely.

Hate words only hurt if you take offense to them. If you take them lightly and make a joke out of them, the hate words lose their power.

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