that seems to be the implication from the quoted section, which puts the use of 'nigger' in the past tense. But as any black person could tell you, that's not the case: it may be considerably less acceptable than it was, but black people still get called 'niggers' somewhere every day, and I'm not just talking about rap videos. I'm rather amazed that a black person could write a post suggesting that racism against black people is somehow a thing of the past, which leads me to wonder whether the writer of this one is really a black woman at all. (It is, sadly, quite possible: there is a depressing tendency among some successful members of minority groups to deny that prejudice against their group exists, since if they could do it, why can't anyone else?) Anyway, the point is, this is always the problem with saying 'Prejudice A is the new Prejudice B' -- it suggests that Prejudice B no longer exists, which is rarely if ever the case, and is seriously insulting to those who continue to suffer the results of it. Another flaw in the argument... "misogyny" means "hatred of women" "racism" does not mean "hatred of people of color" It means someone is practicing a specific kind of bias. So equating the exercise of these labels really doesn't come out in the wash. Other than this, Jason is spot on, and has voiced my thoughts on this topic quite well. I agree with Jason and was