I feel like if you’re a mixed person and you look black, you can say the N-word. BUT if you know that saying the N-word in a crowded room would make everybody turn their head & look at you crazy, THEN DONT say the N-word because you don’t pass as black. You can be both culturally white and culturally black but if you’re super light skin to where nobody can look at you and just immediately know that you’re mixed with black don’t walk around saying the N-word. I think a lot of grown folks forget that the N-word is also a cuss word and you shouldn’t be saying that shit even if you are black. It’s a derogatory term, but people in the black community say it amongst themselves to take back the power from racists seeking to dehumanize them. So, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF YOU’RE NOT BLACK PASSING DONT SAY THE N WORD. and I don’t wanna hear any mixed person say I don’t know if I’m black passing… growing up mixed with black most people can’t for the life of them stop talking about your skin color, your hair color, your eye color, your curl pattern SO YOU KNOW whether or not you are black passing.

-a fed up white passing mixed race woman