The "N" Word
From A.man.I
Aight, so I'm watching CNN and comedian Paul Moody claims he's going to stop using the "N" word after all of the controversy surrounding Michael Richards' well publicized tirade. California Congresswoman Maxine Waters says it's time to erase the "N" word from the vocabulary.
In theory it sounds great. The word is controversial, it's tied to this country's painful past, and there are two standards: on one hand it's cool if blacks use the word with each other, but if a white person says it... Watch out!
Comedians like Richard Pryor (RIP) and most recently Dave Chapelle have used the word as part of comic relief, and saying it is almost mandatory in rap music. So while the debate continues, think if you're ready to forgive Richards for his few minutes of madness.
posted by A.man.I aka The Urban Reporter @ 3:55 PM
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1 Comments:
well, as far as the black community is conscerned, we as a people have much more greater problems than being reffered to as niggahs/ggers and what not. The Blacks that get offended are the ones who don't know who they are and don't really know much about their true history, culture, language...etc.
As a people, we can dish out racist comments whether it be on stage or on the street but when it comes out from the other end and is directed towards us, we start fussing and ready to kill someone!
Are we that weak? C'mon, it's just a stupid word! Why must we continue to give that word and it's origins so much of our power and energy? We definitely have greater fish to fry like crack being brought into our neighborhoods specifically to contribute to our extinction, THE HOAX TRAP OF AIDS, ABORTION, AND THE GOVERNMENT BEING OUR BABIES DADDY!
So c'mon on yall, let's not stop focussing on b.s. and begin giving our real problems some attention!
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