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Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku, winner of the best supporting actress Bafta, said that the N-word incident at the Baftas “tainted” her celebration and “kept [her] awake at night”. Mosaku was speaking in Los Angeles on Sunday at the Actor awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild awards), where Sinners won best cast, and said: “It was incredibly painful to have that celebration kind of really tainted…

My brother (18 m) and I (17 f) fight over this many times. He and I and our whole family are white. We are from Georgia (the country) and we currently live in Germany. My brother doesn’t think that what he is doing is wrong or questionable at least. He keeps using that word like it’s slang. He says it like someone would say when frustrated, happy and annoyed (oh my N-word. What’s up my N-word. N-word (dragged out like someone would say god but dragged out). What the N-word).

Now I’m not saying the expert in this situation and I’m not black so I cannot say if it’s okay for him to say it or not. But I tell him every time that I feel uncomfortable when he uses it around me or to me. Like he calls me that when addressing me or yells it out loudly when playing games. He has friends who say it too. We fight about it all that time. And when I ask him why he says it, he says : “Oh it’s just a word. Oh white people invented it so why can’t I say it? Not like I’m saying it to a black person? Bro it’s not that deep. You’re overreacting.” And stuff like that. It pisses me off because those are lousy excuses to me. And he finds it amusing that I feel uncomfortable and think that he shouldn’t say it.

TLDR: my brother says the N-word and I don’t like it. We are both white. He ignores my concerns and keeps pissing me off and he laughs at me when I express my concerns.

So am I overreacting? Please help me understand. Black people and other white people, what do you feel about the situation? How should I feel? Should I just let go of the issue? I’ll answer more questions if any of you have them.

Reddit consensus: NOT OVERREACTING (NOR) (82% confidence)

Top comment: “You are NOT overreacting, that word should never be used EVER. Unacceptable.”

Notable explanation: “Considering the fact that you’re both teens, you’re at an age where kids will say some really stupid things to be edgy and not realize the magnitude of the effects the things they say can truly have. That being said, no you are not over reacting. In my opinion, it’s an extremely nasty word for anyone, especially white people to say. It’s not my place to say whether or not black people should be able to say it. It means something different in that community so my opinion on that front doesnt matter, but I do know a country white kid has zero reason to have that word as their vocabulary, hard-r or not. I grew up in a country town in the 90s and a good half of the population there was racist, not from personal experiences with non white, non straight people, but from ignorance regurgitated from generations of unbroken toxic outlooks on life and other human beings. It wasn’t until I started branching out in the diversity of people I associate with, that I started to understand one thing: I will NEVER understand how it feels to be a minority. It’s impossible. I know what it’s like to be attacked or profiled for being a white boy in a group of black men, I know what it’s like being a white guy in a group of Mexicans and have old friends swear me off. Racism is very real. It is very dangerous. I have friends and family who have had to endure some pretty horrible things because they don’t look like most of the people here. While racism is taught, I believe that people can be educated and actually learn to have empathy for others. People can change. It’s up to them though. And just because they change doesn’t excuse them from poor behavior, but it gives them an opportunity to address it and hopefully help influence others to change how they view others.

You’re not over reacting. You and your brother are still young. He’s at an age where he should know better, but he’s not too far gone to learn and understand that what he’s doing isn’t cool and won’t ever gain the respect of a decent person. Hope he gets his shit together”

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