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Nigger is a common word used to tease or mock people. This word itself is very offending to the black people because this word shows racism and many of times used to intimidate the black people. Using this word on black people is a bad thing to do, but as time goes, many people do not care about racists anymore. Some black people even used the word 'nigger' to sing. This single word in particular can make such a big change in the world and we can see the power of words.

Many times we don't believe when people are saying to themselves like "you can do this" or "i can do this" will have any effect on their work, but actually they do. I went to a seminar about a person who believes in the power of words. We did a trial to prove that power really does have a good effect on our work. He asked me who was an audience on that seminar to come forward to the stage and do a trial to prove his hypothesis about the power of words. He asked me to stretch my dominant arm forward and using just 2 fingers of his, he is going to push down my right arm, and my job is to prevent my arm to go down. On the first try, i managed to keep my hand straight perpendicular to my body. Then he asked me "what subject in the school do you hate the most??" and i said "Chemistry"?. Then, he asks all the audience to point their fingers at me like how a person swears and shout "chemistry" "chemistry". Then we redo the power test again, and at that time, I just felt there's no strength on my arms at all and i couldn't keep my hands straight for even 2 seconds. I have experienced this myself and hence i believe in the power of words and how power can affect many people.