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"I am deeply saddened by this disturbing episode that has caused such anguish and trauma."

We should be considering the implications of this claim, if it were true. There's a generation of young adults in this country that have been brought up so emotionally weak that they can be traumatized by a white person uttering sounds that resemble the n-word.

In other words, we have given white people unimaginable powers over the psyche of young minority Americans, because of an upbringing that shielded them from racially insensitive content.

In this case, perhaps the best remedy would be exposure therapy with Russell Peters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrsWp07BwVk




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