tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343546954225003627.post3262200725774244492..comments2024-02-02T02:32:58.560-06:00Comments on Opinionated Catholic: Paula Deen , Jimmy Carter , and The Catholic ConfessionalJames Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00406049343115557137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343546954225003627.post-19660078559568482512013-06-30T08:08:01.418-05:002013-06-30T08:08:01.418-05:00The use of the N word was so common in my childhoo...The use of the N word was so common in my childhood that I did not know it was a slur. We were poor white trash southerners, and we put that "er" sound on the end of a lot of words. We called the opening we look through on a house or car "the winder". My aunt named Rhonda was called "Aint Ronder". During the Cuban missile crisis, I heard dozens of people pronounce the name of that country as "Que-ber". To expect these people to have been saying "knee-grow" like on the television news would have been ludicrous. I grew up using the N word, and not having any ill will toward any person, unless they did something to me or mine, then I would have called them a "blankety-blank damn N word". But without modification, it was not a slur to me. Since some point in the 1970s, I have not uttered the N word unless I am quoting what someone else has said. I also avoid slang, profanity, any other slurs, use proper pronunciation, and proper grammar as well as I know. Some of my relatives consider me uppity, putting on airs, and trying to get above my raising because of this. I would hate to lose my job because my native culture included the mispronunciation of certain words. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com