Victor Pelevin. KGBT+ (№ 464781)

In America, rappers were mainly blacks, and they used the “N-word” to identify themselves. Only blacks were allowed to use it. And in Russia, rappers were Jews (which led to interesting mutations of the genre, turning criminal bravado into nervous confession), and they used the “F-word,” which only they could use with impunity. In general, an archaic system of cross-taboo self-identifications, a sweetish smell of decay and the aroma of centuries.