the clarkson debate

[rustyrider]

As someone earlier said, it's not what is said but it's how it's said.  Not only that, it's who is saying it.  About 4 years ago I was taking responsibility for removing London's many pirate radio stations and was being shown some of the less salubrious tower blocks in London where they put their transmitters.  We took one station off air and the guy I was to replace was explaining that the owner of this station would often turn up but was harmless enough.  At this point a tatty Escort van pulled into the street and drove slowly towards us.  Thinking it might be the station owner, we stood there watching it as it drove up.  As it get level with us the driver wound down his window, looked at us and said, "What's the matter, have you guys never seen a nigger before?"

So he can say it when talking about himself but nobody else, or at least no white person, can say it about him.  How does that work then?