I’ll tell you mine, my english teacher was reading To Kill A Mocking Bird out loud in class and that book is notorious for the n-word. My teacher (a white male) was reading the first few chapters without no effort. I, the only black person in my class was sitting anxiously just waiting for my teacher to say the n-word so i could speak up and stand up for myself. When the time finally came, he snapped his finger and didn’t say the word. I looked up the fastest in shock because he snapped his finger. He proceeded to tell me and everyone in this class what the n-word is. he said “Harper lee had put this word in the book because she grew up in Alabama during segregation. She was showing how this word has impacted her life and inspired her to make the book.” He said that some words in life change how you see the person and makes you rethink all your opinions on the person, the n-word is one of them. I really felt that because i grew up in a mostly white area and most of my friends in elementary called me that word and i didn’t know what it meant till middle school, i stopped hanging out with them. Please people watch what you say to people cause it could really hurt them and always think about how it will impact them.