Have you ever used the word "Nigger"?

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answer:No, I have literally never used that word. I wasn’t there, and I despise “judgement-makers” who haven’t heard the whole (or both sides) of a story. But. The testimony that I’ve seen reference to would seem to indicate an appalling, unrepentant, pernicious, casual and overt racism that should not go unaddressed. And claiming that you’re old and from the South as an excuse for racism is bullshit. 49

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