Replies to '09/12 The N-Word Debate'

I too have often thought this.  I personally think the N word is a terrible word and should not be used by any race.  I have even asked a couple of my african-american friends why it is o.k. for them to refer to each with N word; however, if any other race uses it, offense is taken to it.  I was informed that it is another slang word that they use like "bro", "brother", etc.  I just think the N word really causes too much trouble and forms an unnecessary division among races.  So in that, I must ask myself who is actually causing the division?!

i feel the same way you do   doesnt 

I do agree to an extent.  Many times the whites are accused of being racist.  I don't understand why the race card has to be played at all.  It's just the way shallow, uneducated people behave  I'm a woman and I don't  appreciate being referred to as a bitch or a ho but what are you gonna do?  We're going to continue to have this problem until people learn how to become colorblind when it comes to race and show some respect for their fellow man (or woman).

I feel the exact same way and here's why.  Last week my Grandson and me were driving to town and this african american lady in front of us just stopped short for no reason at all.  I slammed on my brakes and the lady behind me did the same but veered around her and blew her horn at her.  As I went around her she screamed out of her window  'YOU WHITE TRASH".  I was mortified.  I could not believe she yelled at me and I did not do a dang thing.  More so, for what she said "WHITE TRASH.  My Grandson could not believe his ears.  He said Grammy M, what is wrong with that person?  I said "honey I don't know maybe she had a really bad day.  I did not want to get into the racist  thing with him.  He is 13 years old and knows about these things but I refused to let him show how much that made me angry.  He said that was a terrible thing for her to say to you.  I said yes it was but that's how some people are I guess.  I wanted so very much to get into detail with him, but chose not to.

 

Then, standing in line at the grocery store, this african american person age approximately 28 said to her friend, these white crackers are going to be in for a big surprise when Obama becomes President.  That was not the first, second or even third time I heard that remark.  Now, that is as far as I am concerned very racist and  even more frightening.  I have heard other people say they've been hearing the same thing.  I am a Democrat but let me tell you something as horrible as this is going to be for me, I am voting for McCain.  I truly do not want to do that but on the other hand, Sara Palin is fantastic from what I have heard about her, saw her speech on the RNC.  I actually wanted Senator Clinton for President but Gov. Palin as VP works just as well. 

 

Anyway, yes, this N-word thing is absurd.  What about us white people beling called white trash and cracker?  Should we become offended and start a White coalition group like the NAACP and when we are called names we have someone to run to?  I am not prejudice just really angry and concerned about the state of affairs this world is going to.

OMG, Paul Mooney!!!  That man HATES white people.  You can just see it on his face.  He is the most bigoted man I have ever seen.   I am surprised that he gave Dr. Phil the respect to come on the show!!!  It seems to me that any black comedian can say "cracker", "white devil" or any other slur, but if someone white says the N-word or any other thing, they wind up apologizing to Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton.  Speaking of Al Sharpton, during the Tawana Brawley fiasco, (I'm sure many New Yorkers remember that) I was in Downtown Brooklyn on Jury Duty walking around Court Street at lunchtime.  Down the block comes the Rev. Al Sharpton.  (Alton Maddox's office was on Court Street).  Well, the Rev. Sharpton had on the most beautiful blue pin stripped suit and he looked very handsome in it.  I walked by him and said "Rev. Al, beautiful suit".  This man looked at me as if he wanted me dead.  I knew it was because I was white.  He didn't want to know anything from me because I was white, but I only wanted to compliment him.  It reminded me of how Malcolm X treated white people that only wanted to help his cause.  I laughed that day and I laugh now at how he tries to make it look like he is a good guy.  Another thing, about Barack Obama, where is his WHITE mother.  She is never around.  Unless she is dead, I think that he should have her with him because you know this whole thing is going to become a racial card and if mom shows up, this wil be avoided.  And the N-word, to me it means ignorant and believe me, I know a lot of N white people.  If you are genuinely a good person, color doesn't matter, but please don't be a phony.  If you don't like white people just because they are white, say so.  Don't tell me about your ancestors being slaves.  My people didn't come to this country until the early 1900's from Naples, Italy.  They were too poor to eat, let alone have a slave.  Just remember, if you are going to give it out, your going to get it back.

My mother retired from a local hospital not long ago where she worked regularly with black people. I often heard her frustration at finding that any time she dared to complain of a co-worker's job performance it was as if she was attacking the individual as a black woman. This is not to say that ALL black women react in such a manner. My mother herself worked at a hospital in another state before the one from which she retired were her co-workers did not harbor such views. In fact she left it with a party held by her black women co-workers to wish her well and say goodbye. So it seems that it depends on where you are sometimes, but reverse-rascism does exist unfortunately, in my opinion.

What bothers me are shows like the Jefferson's.He is on one channel talking about crackers, whiteiee's, and so on, and that is just suppose to be funny. Now a white show on another channel say something about colored, blacks, or N######, and they are cut off the air. WHAT IS THE DIFFERANCE???? We really don't know what to call blacks anymore. It seems that every name the blacks settle on is bad when the white people use it. We should get the same respect from black people , as they should have from us. I call you the N word, and you call me a cracker, whiteiee. You call me a whiteiee, cracker, and I call you the N word. Let's respect each other, and not call any names.

Please, I love the fact that white people are so quick to call reverse racism.  I have been dealing with white peoples racism all my life in Charleston, SC.  I previously told myself forgive and forget, it's not all white people that are that way.  But my daily experiences prove me wrong.  After my most recent racist encounters with white people I understand that why there are blacks that hate white people and they should.  I recently moved into an apartment after spending months searching for an apartment in a safe, racially diverse neighborhood. I thought I found it, but I couldn't have been more wrong.  I soon discovered that the leasing office refused to rent me an apartment in certain areas, I later discovered that all white people lived on those sides.  I had to contact the vice president of the company to get an apartment, and I can kick myself for moving in.  My white neighbors where nasty and hateful.  One of the white ladies that lived upstairs from me would literally run if she saw me or not come down the stairs when I was going in or coming out of my apartment.  Thankfully they all moved out shortly after I moved in, which was wonderful, but then all the apartments were filled with blacks in my area.  So now this section is the new black side.  When I was younger and heard blacks, especially older blacks, say things that I thought was not very nice or even true about white people I would speak against it.  But never again.  when my lease is up I'm moving to a majority black city, Atlanta, where I know I can succeed and live in nice areas, get a job, go out and enjoy myself without dealing with hateful white people that are always quick to call reverse racism, but are some of the most biggoted people in the world.  No, I don't want to be around white people because I hate them, I just don't want to be treated badly or be around people that don't want to be around me based on their ignorant misconceptions about who I am and I thought that is what I was doing when I selected an apartment in what appeared to be a mixed neighborhood.  I have worked hard all my life, I'm about to recieve my Masters degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina with a perfect 4.0 GPA and I have always treated everyone, regardless of race with respect, but (as hard as it is for white people to believe) blacks are humans and we do have feelings and the treatment we receive from whites do have damaging and hurtful impacts.  I have no desire to discriminate or treat any group of people bad, but I will do my best to segregate myself from whites b/c there is but so much I can take and this was the last straw. Plus, if there are so many non-racists whites out there, like so many of you claim, why does this type of discrimination exist.