It is not just words, but words do hurt. The slaves were denied their full humanity. If a large segment of society calls another the N-word and they call the other an equivalent word back the humanity of the society and people within it suffers and they are denied the full humanity of equality. But more to your point, bully should never be tolerated by anyone in school, at work or anywhere. Bully hurts children and adults, it is easy to say if you do not let them but not everyone is so strong which is why they are targeted for bullying. Children and people commit suicide because of bullying. It is not the victim of bullying that is a fault. It is the bully whether the victim lets them or not. Humanity is not a dog eat dog world. Humanity means “The quality of being humane(Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion); benevolence”.
It is not just words, but words do hurt. The slaves were denied their full humanity. If a large segment of society calls another the N-word and they call the other an equivalent word back the humanity of the society and people within it suffers and they are denied the full humanity of equality. But more to your point, bully should never be tolerated by anyone in school, at work or anywhere. Bully hurts children and adults, it is easy to say if you do not let them but not everyone is so strong which is why they are targeted for bullying. Children and people commit suicide because of bullying. It is not the victim of bullying that is a fault. It is the bully whether the victim lets them or not. Humanity is not a dog eat dog world. Humanity means “The quality of being humane(Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion); benevolence”.