Should racist remarks be subject to criminal prosecution?

@ozgirl512 If it outright denigrates another race due to their race, it is racist.

@NativeOregonian what about American blacks using the N word to each other...?

@ozgirl512 Personally, I think it’s stupid, no one should use it. But they don’t want to be called it by anyone else, either.

@bijouxbroussard I agree with what you say... But I also have heard they reclaimed the word amongst themselves to remove it's power...I don't have any answers...Im just pointing out that defining what is racist is not going to be easy

@ozgirl512 That’s why it’s stupid. It was never our word to “reclaim”, but someone else’s term used to demean. And it would take another 400 years to remove the power from it, since it’s still being used by white supremacists with its original intent. It’s just my opinion, but to me and many black people of my generation it’s illogical and self-defeating.

@bijouxbroussard I'm not from your country or your race... You have far more knowledge and experience than I on this subject