Jackson Calls For Entertainment Industry N-Word Ban

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[MinorityRepublican]

Just wondered how black you have to be to be able to use it? If rappers can use it, can you use it if you are 1/2 black?

I'm 1/2 black and I won't dare to use the term.

[gondramB]

>>In my previous post, I said that I am not advocating banning the n-word.<<

I read that post after the one I replied to - I apologize.

[DustyMoment]

The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. You, my FRiend, are the step. I know that it can seem like trying to hold back the tide with a teacup, but I would answer their question with this: "And, just how, exactly, do ""WE"" use that word? How would you know that? And how is YOUR use of it any different? It is an offensive epithet regardless who utters it." Now you've opened the door to expose their own racial prejudices.

(Send'em to their Funk & Wagnalls to look up "epithet". It ought to keep them busy for a couple of minutes, at least!)

[TexasRepublic]

So, what socially acceptable term can we use to identify the black miscreants formerly called "n-words"? They are still out there and need a simple identifiable label. Orwell was right, language control is political control.

[rottndog]

Here's some rap for you:

KKKramer Rap:
***Warning*** Not for sensitive ears!!!
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[jch10]

"has been used to degrade and imply that black people are inferior."

I grew up hearing the word and never heard it said to degrade or imply inferiority. It described a race of people, a skin color....

Polite society said colored people. I was grown before I heard it as an expletive.

[Riverman94610]

Me?I never use the word period,in any of its forms.I think destructive language degenerates the whole social contract.I was merely stating the reality around me.It is not an endorsement of that reality.

[DustyMoment]

I was merely stating the reality around me.It is not an endorsement of that reality

I'm not sure what you thought I was saying, perhaps you should re-read my reply to you. All I was suggesting was that you should still put forth the effort to stem the tide. Change begins with each individual. If you change one kid, you've affected 30. It may be the reality around you, but that doesn't mean you have to accept it. How many neighborhoods have been reclaimed by the residents refusing to accept the "reality around them" like crime and drug dealers? They took their neighborhoods back.

Be the teacup, Riverman. Fight the tide, or the racism goes on unchecked.

[Riverman94610]

Oh,for sure.I often DO my little routine with the black kids.Goes something like this:
"WHAT did you say,brother?You thinks thats COOL?Cool to degrade yourself and other black folks?Man,do you know that white folks are laughing at Y'all behind your backs?Check your history,my man.That word Y'all use so much is what white folks used while they were hanging you from trees back in the day.You feel me?...Look at me in the eye when I'm talking to you,son.You think I'm PLAYING with you?You think what being a black man is about is some clown or some foul mouthed thug?Wake up,brother.Its all about saving your life"
When I get through with my little spiel,I get those"Man,that white boy is crazy"And thats OK too cause I AM a little crazy.Got to be to work in the hood nowadays!
Yet I do not have unlimited energy.There are times when I hear and see all the madness around me and all I can do is just let out a great big sigh and go home and munch on some carob chips.
Ya feel me?
Riverman,still crazy after all these years.

[DustyMoment]

I feel ya, Riverman. And, I know that going against the tide can wear you down. I was also a substitute teacher. Most of the time, I didn't make any difference to the kids in my classroom, but there were bright spots when I got through to a kid and forced him/her to think. Those were the days that made getting out of bed on all the other days worthwhile.

I know you don't have it easy, but I'm right there with ya, brother. Keep up the good fight and don't let them get ya down, ok?

[aruanan]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is calling on the entertainment industry to stop using the racial slur that Michael Richards used against hecklers in a Los Angeles comedy club.

Well, at least that would be the end of rap music.

[jch10]

"Come on! People know the the n-word has been used in the past and the present to degrade black people and make them feel inferior."

Of course people know. You missed my point. If you go back and re-read my post, you will see what timeframe I was referring to.

[Redleg Duke]

I call for a ban on race-whores like Jackson, Sharpton, et al.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Good idea, and apply the same penalty to all regardless of their "race".

[hodaka]

I hope Mel Brooks wasn't planning on making a remake of his classic film Blazing Saddles. The movie wouldn't be the same with out that word.

[LWalk18]

So, what socially acceptable term can we use to identify the black miscreants formerly called "n-words"?

Why does there need to be a term for black miscreants? Bad people are bad people regardless of races, there should be a special term for black, white, or Latino miscreants?

I feel sorry for anyone who feels that that can't express themselves without being able to use expletives or racial slurs. They need a better vocabulary.