Hundreds of joyful mourners formed an unconventional funeral procession in Detroit this week as the NAACP officially “buried” the “n word.” “Today, we’re not just burying the n word, we’re taking it out of our spirit,” announced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. “Die, n word, and we don’t want to see you ‘round here no more.” Michigan Democrat Governor Jennifer Granholm bade “[g]ood riddance to this vestige of slavery and racism and... hello to a new country that invests in all its people.” Ironically, while rejoicing over a symbolic casket, the NAACP continued to ignore the 1,452 real caskets of unborn...
