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Well, the normal kind of slavery usually involved some level of rape, and slave children weren't uncommon, so...2+2=4...
They didn't see people or even children. They saw a n****r. They saw a n****r with a hole. A hole that they owned, and can do with what they please.
Apologies for resorting to the strong language, but it's kind of important to impart...we grew up with a very romanticized vision of slavery taught to us by the white American public education system. I made a goddamn diorama of a plantation in the 5th grade (1995). And put a happy little slave working the tobacco fields (my mom even crumbled up a cigarette and glued it to the board. It was a Misty. I can still smell it...)
Using the hurtful word, in this context, I think is important to remind us of exactly why it's such a hurtful word. The history has been forgotten by so many.
I'd gladly use any of Carlin's 7 Words in most contexts. That word is obfuscated for a reason. It shouldn't be used anymore, except in this type of context, to remind us of our violent past.