But do you agree that "Didn't get called 'nigger' until the age of 15" is lousy? Shouldn't we be aiming for "didn't get called 'nigger'"?
Race baiters (You disagree with Obama, that means your racist!), reverse racism (Can't hire you because you don't meet our minority quota), those who think minorities can't be racist (Shooting a "Gentle Giant" is evil. Knockout Game isn't?), etc, etc, etc
Retarded? Faggot? Redskins? Kike? Cracker? Words.
People need to stop letting their lives be SHATTERED! by some random ignorant prick.
No. Getting insulted once in a while is the price we pay for living in an environment that allows freedom of expression. The alternative is very similar to what people in totalitarian countries do: use the newspeak in public, calling surveillance "the S-word", and speak their mind at home, after checking for listening devices.
And if you have never been in a situation where you are the white stranger in a group of persons wondering whether they can break out the n-word in front of you, you have missed an (obnoxiously0 amusing but uncomfortable situation.