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@jjsu1991 I grew up in a mostly white area, where the first time I heard students casually say it was in high school. Is it really that weird to think that a book was the first time kids could have been exposed to that word?

@theastimani First off we are talking about a 7 year old's perspective not my own. Secondly I did not actively hear that word until high school. I just did not grow up in an area with a lot of culture in any senses. My elementary school was heavily white, do you believe that teachers would...

@katrina2017 The only place I can remotely think about where this word could come from is to kill a mocking bird and I really don’t think that is taught in elementary school… Edit: To those commenting, if someone did not grow up with that word being a common word heard, why would it be...