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Originally Posted by Jesus.

So white kid uses word he hears black kid use and gets in trouble. If he was 5, as you used in a previous example, then I doubt he'd be labelled a racist without first asking him where he'd heard that word before. If he said that, then why would he be in trouble? If he said it's what my dad calls the neighbour, then there are obvious issues there.

5 year olds aren't racist.

If you get in trouble and you don't understand why you're in trouble (as is often the case with young kids - part of growing up is learning where the boundaries are) it can go one of two ways - either you learn that what you did/said was wrong and don't do it again or you don't understand why what you did/said was wrong and you do it again to shock people, depending on the child and what was said when they got into trouble. I don't really like the idea of any five year old kids using the word regardless of their race but I've already said in this thread that the word in general makes me uncomfortable because I was taught not to use the word as it's a very loaded, offensive term.