Topic : 09/12 The N-Word Debate

The one thing i've learned about human nature is that ,you can never change a persons character no matter what you do. Oh sure, some try to change; they may even genuinely want to change but their basic nature wont let them. In the end their true character will shine through because, however hard they try, they just cant hide it. so, if you keep your eyes open you do see that, and if it is some thing you dont want near you, then the worst thing you could do is convince yourself that you can change anyone individual for the better because you just cant well, not without professional help anyway and in some cases not even then. Its sad to say but that's just the way it is.

All i have to say about this subject is not necessarily "Get Over It"!! but we shouldnt let it get to us so much. As a black person i have had my fair share of racisim (ofcourse i can not compare it to the suffering are black American brothers and sisters have endured) especially those who actually lived ti. I have just come to the point where i do not take any notice; do not take it personally, that's my motto. Otherwise it can very easily take over your whole life. You can never be truely happy unless you let it go and not carry it around.

The way i see it if anyone makes a racist remark to me or treats me in a certain way, its them who have a problem not me. i simply do not allow anyone to gaude me into anything, be it a reaction or urgument in response to something they said or did. Not unless its a violent phisical attack, in which case i'll try to do what i cat to defend myself that's all. I am not just going to sit there and let anyone inflict phisical pain on me or worse just because i happen to have the wrong color, oh no. I am nice but not that nice

I'm a 29yr old African American male that strongly believes in the eradication of this terrible word. First off, I have a blogsite I started last year discussing this issue. The site is as follows: www.ihatethenword.blogspot.com. I really hope you all support this because it starts right now to begin spreading real love and not pure hate. Secondly, we as adults 'SHOULD' know right from wrong. So all of this defending the 'N' word crap is just crazy, when it has caused so much hurt, pain, and humiliation. I may not have grown up during the water hoses, the dogs, the lynchings, etc., but I do know that we as a race have come a long way from nothing to something. All black people are not thugs, gang members, criminals, dead beats, etc. Instead of being looked at as people and not the latter, we have to work twice as hard just because a lot of us are still lost and think that we are actually ignorant, lazy, lowly valued citizens, which is the definition of a n****r. And by changing the way it's said is not only ridiculous, it just further shows how lost we still are and how racist, regardless of ethnicity, we really are. We all need to get it together, pull together like a family should and go back to the olden days of having love and respect for your fellow neighbor. Regardless of ethnicity, this word should not be used, 'ESPECIALLY' by us black people because those who really have a reason to complain about the word, are not even alive today. We have been literally killed while being called this and now we are killing each other while using the word still, but against ourselves. Now it's gotten out of hand because the so-called term of endearment is now on for everyone, due to freedom of speech. If you ask me, other races don't have to call us the 'N' word because a lot of us act that way anyway. And because of the ones that act that way, we all get labeled as n*****s and not ordinary people. If you really want to use the word, then know the true definition and history behind it before you use it. As for other races using the word, just go back in time to the lynchings, the kidnappings, the hatred, just because of the color of your skin, and then imagine this being you. Think about it. Let's finally bury a word that was meant in the first place to bury us to begin with. I love you all and hope to read and communicate with you all through my blogsite. Thanks and God bless.

The bottom line is if we want to be seen for the person we are before the color of our skin, then we need to not use words to acknowledge people that points out the first the we noticed and catagorized them by was the color of their skin.  Whether you mean it as a term of endearment or not, you can't argue in one breath that you can use a word that catagorizes a person by the color of their skin, and in the next breath say that you should be allowed equal rights as everyone else and not be dismissed, judged, or looked at as inferior by the color of your skin.

Everyone is green.  Why can't we just treat people for the person they are and the character they choose to put out there, instead of assume a person is a certain way because of their race.