Topic : 09/12 The N-Word Debate

It is a word just like many other words that are and can be offensive depending on tone and usage. 

The guest who says he is a stolen/displaced slave obviously  never formed his on identity like the young lady  who  stood up and spoke.   I am treated very rudely by the majority of blacks i encounter while grocery shopping or passing in malls.  I look peple in the eye and speak when i pass them regardless of race.  More often than not nothing is said no eye contact  is made and I am ignored.  i continue to speak to people because that was how I was raised.  Do the right thing, treat people the way you want to be treated.  There a good people and bad people of all colors.  People need to keep this in mind.

I',m brunnette I would always pick a blonde doll over a brunnette doll as being the prettiest.  Many times people want to be what they aren't .  Is it possible we haven't accepted ourselves and taken responsibility for our on behaviors and that is why we are aslways trying to lay the blame somewhere else?   

The best thing for our nation is to move forward by not beating a dead horse.   The Jews and American Indians have.  By the way I'm American Indian descent how mistreated were we/ they. 

I think we should move forward by focusing on manners and values.  It is poor behaviors that bring us down.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paul Mooney and anyone that thinks like he does is pathetic!!

Please if anyone thinks the way he does  I don't see anyone holding them here go back to Africa now. The very nation that he says brought him over here and put him in slavery has made him rich.

YOUR A RACIST.. im only 17 years old && i know more than you..

YES an educated, young, female && has no kids..!!

am sure your mind is racing 100mph. like "how is this possible??"

(half African-American so, i know about my history hun.)

1. my blood pressure is UP too..who cares..??

2. the whole time i watched the show i never heard any African-American say ALL white people are racist..not once.!!

3. WOW.!! that makes African-Americans feel alot better knowing that the reason they got there job is because no one wants the WHITE MAN to look like he is a racist...haha.. listen to how you sound??

4. BULL what are you talking about "if" we had an all white college...?? THERE ARE MANY COLLEGES THAT ARE MAINLY WHITES && dare an African-American to apply there....wow that would be a rejection notice in the mail.

5. YES there are colleges thats are mainly for us African-Americans,, but have you went into the school && did a survey on how many students that attend the school, and are not black?? NO IM SURE YOU DIDNT SO YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING.

6. YES we have "black history month" which is in February the shortest month out of the year && yet for remainding 11 months all we have are NATIONAL DAYS FOR WHITE PEOPLE....mmmmm ever think about that.??.

i go to school && even though February comes African-Americans still have to study about the WHITE MAN. && take test on how well "we" know the WHITE MAN..&& all he did for this tired a** country..

7. FACE IT LADY...white cops beat up African-American men && woman....i personally think that all a "cop" is, are white men who carries "control" over BLACKS.....mmmmm in earlier days that would be known as slavery...ever think of that??

actually my brother was assulted by a WHITE POLICE MEN,,,, you want to know why?? well im going to tell you anyways...because my brother was defending my mom because she was being beat up by who?? wanna take a guess?? BY A WHITE MAN,....., so the police officer totally took the WHITE MANS side, because you know yall stick together...well make a long story short,, my brother arrived to the police station with a busted lip, bloody nose, && bruises all over his body...so you tell me.

my final words are know what your talking about before you let them "ignorant" comments fly out your mouth..!!

All of us have ancestor that where slaves. unless we stem from kings and queens.

Slavery came to us though  african tribes selling caught and inslaved  ememy tribes men. and thats how it got stated here.

I owe you nothing, but what is do to you from your own impact you bring to this world today.

I am a 23 year old Black female who was raised in the south. I have to admit I call my self a partial racist because I have no choice but to be. I have experienced racism plenty of times. Those who say racism doesn't exist have not ever been exposed or are choosing to be blind to it. I have white friends and I have nothing against white people, but if you are done wrong by whites and see how they turn on you when it comes down to you or their own, you have no choice but be skeptical of all whites. I give each person I meet the benefit of the doubt and build trust with them, but I will never fully trust a white person. I don't know which ones are genuine and which ones are undercover racist. I can't blame some people for not seeing racism because it is hiden from them. Racism STILL exist it is just done uncover now a days. Just like if you are raised rich with no worries you will never understand the struggles of a poor person. People see what they want to see. No one notices how many of the same cars are on the road until they are looking to buy it or has bought it. Then you say "There are alot of these cars on the road now" NO NO NO it was that way before you just weren't paying attention. Black people play the race card because they see it more often. So it easier to notice.

The woman in the audience said she pulls her purse closer to her because the black people where she is are gangsta. Well sweetie gangstas come in all colors. Like she said that is all she has seen. That is so true. I don't know about everyones local news, but in the south, the blacks that do wrong are all you see. White people commit the same crimes other races do but they will cover it up or have a brief story on it. If a black person does something it is flashed all over the news and picture is shown. Down here you know when a white person has committed a crime there is no picture and the story is very short. And don't believe everything they say on the television they are PEOPLE reporting it and some people are racist.

I am SO TIRED of white people saying "Get over it", "That is the past", and "Stop blaming everything on race". Well let me tell you all something. You can not get over something you experience on a constant bases, the past is not the past when people are still doing it, and RACE is the ISSUE so you have to

blame it on race. No one can comment on something they have never experience.

As for the Mexican woman in the audience, DON"T commit on something you know NOTHING about and do not understand.