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Can you expand on "given the metric he was using"?

He measured use of a particular ethnic slur, the interpretation of which can vary depending on who is using it.

eg racism can only be performed by white people.

Not so much that, as much as the only kind of racism being investigated was that of white people.

Which highlights how idiotic it all is.

If a statement is absolutely fine if the person saying it is black, but absolutely offensive and racist if the person saying it is white, then it's the person taking offense who is the racist one...

1) No.

2) No.

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