"If you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you’d NEVER use it"

An excellent essay which leads me once more to critique the folksy, touchy-feelie, class-assimilationist, pseudo-plurastic content of what is taught nowadays in Bilingual and Multicultural Teacher Education courses. And if you search for content on the colonial relationship between educational practices and the Puerto Rican community, "ni lo piensen."

https://theundefeated.com/features/if-you-truly-knew-what-the-n-word-meant-to-our-ancestors-youd-never-use-it/