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Originally Posted by Kuan
Yes. They have to have a relationship. A relationship that shares a certain set of experiences.
Words uttered by different people mean different things. Words uttered by members of a group with one shared experience do not mean the same as words uttered by a different group with a different set of shared experiences. Words do not have a one to one correspondence between languages. If I gave you an English-Swahili dictionary with the meaning of every single word translated native Swahili speakers would look at you funny if you interjected, maybe even feel a little offended.
It's the same in the workplace. You don't throw engineering terms at engineers if you're in marketing.
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Is it your contention that all people who believe themselves to be black have a common life experience (that other races cannot replicate) which allows them to behave in a action which otherwise is held as reprehensible?
Understand that and then ask yourself if you want to continue to divide people into groups, and for how long.