Yes they do, because it's a racial epithet, and that's what it's conferring: an epithet towards a person's race, not their behavior.
Yes, being a child is a special defense because they are a child and need to be both disciplined and raised appropriately to become good adults. Using racial epithets against children damages that.
I don't know that the kid actually stole anything, we're mostly just assuming they did from Shilo's word alone. Assuming it's true, a racial epithet doesn't correct the behavior. Yelling at the child would be better because it discourages the behavior. A racial epithet discourages the race, and nothing else.
. All of your assertions about "slur word bad" have this assumption of malintent built into them
Yes, because the word confers malintent towards a race. That's what that means. That's how the malintent is present.
"Shut the fuck up, you dumb fucking cracker." doesn't confer that a white person is talking to much. The offending action is being white.
Yes they do, because it's a racial epithet, and that's what it's conferring: an epithet towards a person's race, not their behavior.
Yes, being a child is a special defense because they are a child and need to be both disciplined and raised appropriately to become good adults. Using racial epithets against children damages that.
I don't know that the kid actually stole anything, we're mostly just assuming they did from Shilo's word alone. Assuming it's true, a racial epithet doesn't correct the behavior. Yelling at the child would be better because it discourages the behavior. A racial epithet discourages the race, and nothing else.
Yes, because the word confers malintent towards a race. That's what that means. That's how the malintent is present.
"Shut the fuck up, you dumb fucking cracker." doesn't confer that a white person is talking to much. The offending action is being white.