How about yo moma's a hoe?
Can we still say that?
I admit, I thought of the N word once, but I never, never, ever, said it. Not even one time.
Posted on 02/06/2006 7:17:31 AM PST by LouAvul
The article is from a source that cannot be quoted. But it is about Al Pimpton demanding an apology from "Boondocks" cartoon which depicted MLKing as using the "N" word.
(The Left fights the Left?)
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
When do the riots break out? That cartoon offends someone.
Yahoo can be posted.
but USA Today can't.
How about yo moma's a hoe?
Can we still say that?
I admit, I thought of the N word once, but I never, never, ever, said it. Not even one time.
I think you posted it correctly, but you can paraphrase a story to help Freepers understand what's going on in it. I went to check this one out, but lots of people might not.
Ironic that this fool claims offense at the depiction of MLK when the Boondocks was trying to uphold the true spirit of the Civil Rights movement.
I saw this episode, and the point was that no-one, not the mainstream black culture of hip-hop and BET, not the mainstream white culture that holds MLK as a sort of American Ghandi; no-one seems to remember the "true" Dr. King.
Boondocks offends me most every day. I don't riot. I don't buy the newspaper and tell their sales staff this whenever they solicit me.
You are being rather niggardly in your post in describing just what is important and worthy of attention in the article you read.
Give us a complete overview and some details - that should suffice.
It's just a word. Like the muslims have turned a couple of cartoons in to a major thing, if blacks would have just gone about their business and not made a big deal, it would have gone away. You will always have idiots on every side of an argument. Blacks made this little item into a major deal, and advanced the deeds and thoughts of their enemies.
In the last 5 years, I have heard the "N" word far more often said by black people than all other races combined. If this word was ever made illegal to speak, the biggest outcry would be from blacks. Go figure.
The show made national headlines recently when Al Sharpton accused McGruder of “desecrating” the name of late civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. The episode in question aired one day before the U.S. recognized &Martin Luther King Day. Return of the King saw the late leader come out of a 30 year coma right before the 2000 presidential election. King also gave a fiery speech which included several uses of “the ‘n’ word.” "Cartoon Network must apologize and also commit to pulling episodes that desecrate black historic figures," Sharpton said in a statement. "We are totally offended by the continuous use of the N-word." Hiphopdx.com
I am 67 and the only time I have heard the N word since I became an adult was one black talking to or about another black!
Magruder will have to go back to offending only white people.
In his defense, it seems like cartoons are becoming the last refuge of free speech.
Guess it all depends on who is defining the word and the relative importance or significance they attach to it based on their frame of reference.
This thread was only worth about 3 or 4 posts anyway - Boondocks has been pushing the edges of the envelope ever since it was first published.
Soon we will told there are words that sound like the unacceptable words and that they shouldn't be used either.
But a few weeks past, I made at least 1 FReeper angry becasue I had refered to rapper Kayne West (over his absurd &self-centered statements) as "S*mbo".
I guess it was really bad for me to say that even though I was not trying to be racist at all.
Still, it means that even calling someone a name of an African-American fictional character can be offensive in quite a few ways.
I heard it on SNL... referring to a black, breakfast cereal.
If "Blazing Saddles" were aired uncut these days, it would cause blazing L.A.
I never had a problem using it years ago.
I grew up with it being used by the black truck driver and hod carriers my father employed and I later worked with.
They used it against other blacks that were laying down on the job.
Or like our black truck driver (conservative Republican) on election day would ask to go home early "to keep those dead niggers from voting in my precinct".
The words Cracker, or Redneck, have precisely the same intent as "nigger" only used to refer to less preferred groups.
They are both slang or slander, but it is fine to do so to Whites, even more OK if they are poor Whites.
Being raised in the south I remember my grandfathers words on the subject of the "N" word.
They were
"All blacks aren't "N", and all "N",s aren't black"
getting across his point to treat people with respect until they disearn it.
He was mayor of a small town in Georgia, who did things like have all the local church leaders ( white and black ) over to Sunday dinner once a month to discuss who in town needed help and how could they work together to help them.
My Dad told me stories of the depression where my Grandmother always had food for anyone who came to the door asking during the depression. Of course hollywood can't show those kind of scenes in a movie about the south.
so when do the riots start?
Absolutely!
Oh, please! Like Al Charlatan or MLK never used that word!!! I grew up in the South, in the late 50's and 60's, and everyone used it, white and black.
What's exactly what our Daddy taught us!
Threads like this make me snigger.
"Where the white women at"?
"Don't move or the n*gger gets it"
Well, look at it this way: I don't know who that character is, but a few years ago, most black fictional characters were based on a very racist perception of black society. So, to compare a black person to one of those characters would be (justifiably) offensive...just as comparing any white person to a racist white stereotype would be offensive. Now, depending on the person, one may or may not take offene, but to each his own, and I would imagine that most of us (holding PC aside) would be *considerate* enough to think of someone else's pride/feelings and not try to injure them. Cheers!
If there was justice Al Sharpton would be reduced to selling pencils on Flatbush Ave.
Two things here, folks.
First, Sharpton's referring to the animated cartoon of "The Boondocks" that Cartoon Network shows, not the comic strip.
Secondly, I hope Sharpton didn't catch last night's episode, which used the "n" word about once or twice a minute.
Go to any urban basketball court in America -- it's about the only word you'll hear.
Al Sharpton is a fraud and racebaiter. Any comment he has on any topic should be summarily dismissed. Even if it is a legitimate concern. His past actions have disqualified him from being part of any discussion.
"'Scuse me while I whip this out."
"The sheriff is a ni- "(BONG!)
"What did he say?"
"He said the sheriff is a-near!"
Don't you hate that when it happens? LOL
I once was told my comment was "a new low" when I wrote that a single high-school dropout with two babies in Detroit should have made better decisions. To this day I don't know what's wrong about making better decisions! But it was in some people's views a new low.
Oh, please let it happen. I am so sick of "yo nigga" this and "yo nigga" that I could scream. And its been probably 20 years since I've heard the real "N word" uttered by a white person. Make it and all variations illegal, please.
I have no use for the strip, but the cartoon show is just plain HILARIOUS. One of the best "adult" cartoons on television, going past even "Family Guy".
"Who brings a raincoat to a civil rights march???!!!"
Well....I have used the N word. In fact I use it quite often.
When ever someone offends me I say it under my breath. It may not be right, but I still do it.
I have believed that premise my entire adult life.
None of us have been excluded from biases.
I have not been hired because I was Catholic and the business was run by Protestants. Spat upon because I wore a police uniform. Called a greaser, wop and other derogatory names because my mother was Italian. Called a stupid Polock because my dad was Polish. Etc. Etc.
There are good, bad and indifferent folks in the world. People are what they are.
I choose to move along in my life, without that chip on my shoulder, or pouting that I have been treated unfairly.
Life isn't fair.
boondocks is PC racism packaged with advertising.
I could only watch a few seconds of that manure. The little black kid shooting a white man with a "W" on his chest was too over the top.
I have used them both in the garden. I must have been thinking of the one that gave me the most long term pleasure. ;)
Not even once?
I did once. Not in anger. I was quoting verbatim the disclaimer offered by the Chappell Show in the episode with the blind black KKK leader.
Careful fellas - he means it!
Sometimes to persons unknown. Sometimes to persons known.
I've said it in the day time, and at night. On weekends and weekdays. At work and at home.
Hell I've even said it in my sleep.
I say it rarely now because I have many replacement words, like Sharpton, Jackson, (both) and Farrakhan.
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