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September 13, 2008, 8:42 am PDT
i agree(somewhat)
Quote From: tracypeshi get bothered by this topic everytime i hear it.
it is 2008, its time to get over it already. i could understand better if the "colored" people didnt use it, but for pete sake i hear it come out of their mouths more than i do a white person.. but yet if a white person says it, all hell is going to break loose. life is what you make it, and for that to still be an issue now is just crazy. i still listen to the excuse, "it's because we're black isn't it?" are you serious? there may be some predujice people out there still but come on people, in the real world, we all know that this is something of a "security" thing to use, i would love to say "it's because i'm white isn't it?" EXCUSES! get over it. as far as the "N" word goes, all i can do is laugh, maybe if they stop using it, it wont be that big of an issue, can they not decide on something else? Well to some extent i do agree with you. The only reason i believe that we AFRICAN AMERICANS, because colored ...Ms. is such an outdated term. And to me is just as bad as the N-word. because it means historically that we were "less than" as a people. But to the subject at hand, the only reason most Af. Americans still use the word is because it jus stayed during history, master said it to slave, The slaves heard it being linked to them everyday of their lives and they passed it down through the generations. Im not saying its a good thing but thats why EVERYONE has to work extra hard to cut it out of our vocabulary. As a person growing up hearing and using the word, we used to think nothing of it, because it's really like the pink elephant in the room. It's always been there why change it. But until you know or talk to someone who lived in the 60's or earlier. People in my generation and some older won't and can't understand the Struggle and Hardship behind such a word, like N&$^er. As for the more subtle racism that still exists today. Well we can only fight one battle at time right?
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