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A minority community can take ownership of a pejorative. A pejorative is often a word appropriated by a majority. Both of the previous sentences apply here.

And no, you are incorrect.

Thanks for outright saying I'm was incorrect, really inspires confidence in one's self.

Thanks for shining some clarity on this for me. I was merely asking a question followed by a thought, I didn't claim to be correct. I was simply asking.

Answering, that is what questions are for.

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