I’m sorry that happened to you as a teenager at the hands of adult men. The cruelty is always the point as his smirk showed. I’m so glad you told your parents. All their little names are meant to make them feel better about themselves and hurt the Black person, or other racial minority, on the receiving end. That’s why I’m torn on the appropriate way to react to a racial slur. Online I don’t let it hold any power but in person is different.

Perfect length and everything to tell this story! And yes white people from the south have come up with some slurs! Unfortunately I’ve always been familiar/heard of most of them.