Topic : 09/12 The N-Word Debate

I am making a quote to your response over the "N" word.  African Americans are using this word as a race card and trying to get over on no one.  I do not know what year you were born, but I can tell you that the "N" word was and has been designed by "White People" to keep "Black People" down.  I do believe you want to do your history on this word.  So do not ever believe that black people are trying to get a cry out to the world on their on behalf.  Blacks have suffered by the hands of whites for many, many years, and it is still going strong.  I do hope you listened very carefully to what the panel was saying.  Unfortunately, white people, excuse me, caucassion people (hope I spelled the word correctly) do not understand how the word has affected blacks.  What Rev. Sharpton and the panel are speaking about is that blacks need to stop using this word among each other.  This word is a very negative word that whites bought about.    And why not pour salt into the wounds of white people?  They do not want to face what was done to blacks.  As for the way whites think....they will always do their best to make the world believe they are the majority.  In this country we have Asians, African Americans, Italians, Indians, etc.  Whites look at these groups as minorities, which means less than.  What gives them the right to believe their are the majority.  This is just one way of them trying to keep everyone down.  Africans Americans are calling themselves minorities.  African Americans are not minorities, Whites are.  But you do not hear them talking about that now do you?  Unfortunately, in this day and age, nothing will change until whites see what they have done.  African Americans only use words that whites use. 

 

Another thing you need to realize.  Every ethic group has to know and learn to ethic groups.  Theirs and whites.  Whites do not know or would learn anything about other ethic group.  They are curious!  So I hope you stop being angry and start learning more about the "N" word and how it came about.

 

Peace!

I think that everyone should be able to say the N-word or no one should be able to say it at all.

While watching the show, I believe Paul Mooney is very racist. I am white, I do not look at color. He spoke of all the hard ships of slavery.

Well, I'm am of Native American descent. How would he feel if he had his WHOLE country taken away from him and be given a postage stamp size piece of land to live on?

I am of Irish/Engish, Great-grandparents and Great-aunts came off the boat, one of them married Native American. They were called Micks, Halfbreeds, etc.

I do not live my life today in the past, I live it in the now. He needs to get over it. It happened, it's over, it became a part of history and believe it or not, a lot of good eventually came out of it. It was in God's time. He was the one that had the plan.

I marched for Dr. King back in the day and he would have been very disappointed in Paul Mooneys display of obvious racism. That is not what Dr. King stood for or believe. He said we were all one. That I believe to this day.

I do not like the "N" word, nor do I like or believe in any word that is demeaning to another person.

I'm sorry his ancestors were made slaves but I nor us today did not do it.

I'm sorry my Native American ancestors land was stolen from them. But the people today did not do it.

I believe in what Rev. Sharpton said, in song, and in joking around. It is giving the wrong message. Children here it and think it is okay and it is not.

When my grand-daughter saw a little boy (who by the way was black) she asked me if she could play with the little boy and I said yes. She is 4.  She didn't ask "the little black boy", just, the little boy. This is the way I was raised, my children were raised and the way my grand-children are being raised. We are all one.

There is no color. We are all Americans

 

When my daughter was in the 6 grade, she came home and said Mom my teacher asked me and my girlfriend what we would like to be called backs or n****s.  I asked her what was the subject that the were discussing. And it was the different cultures. Immediately I began getting telephone calls from the white parent's that were very upset. I went to the school the next morning and requested to see the principal who was white. They wanted me to talk to the assistance principal who wos black. I said what I have to say need to heard by them both and I want the teacher here also alone with my daughter and her friend. I told the teacher that I gave my child a name. That and only that is what she is to called. The principal began to defind the teacher by saying she's been teaching for 10 years. I stopped him and said it's time for her to retire. She has no right to embarass these girls. Now you can handle this or I'll take it to the school board.I want her to appoligze to the girls and to the class. I also said that  this will not happen to my daughter again or anyother black kid again. You need to put something in place to stop this now.

First of all, the N-word has a history of being a hateful word. There is no debate here; it is fact. However, as with all words at some point, definitions change. Today, I believe it has more of a social definition rather than a definition set in stone. It can be used as a term of endearment, a term of friendliness, and also a term of hate. Of course, there are other ways it can be used, but these are mere examples.

As much as we can whine and moan, there is no abolishing of a word in America. People are still given the right to utter free speech, and if a person wishes to use this word, they may.

...However. The problem does not lie within the use of the N word, the problem lies within the reason why the N word is used. There are a bevy of psychological factors in this, I believe.

It's really easy to walk away from an argument feeling like you've "won" when you didn't let the other person get a word in.  I believe one hundred percent that when Paul Mooney, and maybe other members of your panel, walked out on your stage they had closed minds and didn't give a rat's behind what anyone else in the audience had to say, especially white people.

 

Paul, loosen up Man. Stop being so damn angry. I've got news for you...you're not always right. No one is. It is disrespecful to tell someone to shut up and if you'd actually listen to what others had to say, you might gain some new insight or appreciation for other human beings. The only time I saw you smile was when you laughed at one of your own jokes. Give people a break. Stop the hatred. Stop the blaming. LIVE IN THE NOW.

 

 I do not agree with using the N word, but really could care less if African Americans use it amongst eachother. Why should that bother us?

 

Listen people, worry about yourselves. Be concerned with how you treat others and less concerned with other peoples affairs.  Today we have so much to be worried about, but there's so much good out there. If everyone focused on the good the majority of the time the world would be a much better place!

I just watched the show today and I can't understand why Dr. Phil would have Paul Mooney on the show. He is the most angry person I have witnessed in a long time. He was aggressive and I thought that he behaved like a bully on a playground. I do not use the N word. I said it once as a child (not really knowing what it meant) and I thought my mother was going to kill me. My relatives came to America from Ireland. They were poor, discriminated against and I don't have any ill feelings toward the people who treated them badly. End of Story

here we go. we dont owe anything to african AMERICANS, mexican AMERICANS, even white AMERICANS!! we are all AMERICANS...see the trend. I am sorry for what my great great grandfather did to your great great...but it wasnt me...and it wasnt you. Times are different. People know better now. For that guy to say the mexican woman over there and all the other b.s. he had to say...get over yourself. times have changed. yeah, there is still racisim going around, but its the people like you, not your skin but rather your mentality that think the world still owes you.
There is black history month, black expo, black only colleges.....How about since we are all in AMERICA, we celebrate everyone every month, give scholorships to the higher achievers regardless of skin, give athletic scholarships based on ability not skin.   come on people, whites, blacks, purples, and pinks....its time to move on. forgive but dont forget. dont let our children forget what happened many many years ago, but rather teach them that this is the new age and people are now better than ever.
racisim is everywhere by the people who are ignorant. get over it. move on and live happier.
black and white soldiers alike are fighting for us....    get over it. good gracious.

Sometimes I believe that black people play racism to their advantage and there always seems to be an attitude of "pitty me because I'm black and you don't know what I've been through." Well I don't know what they have been through but at some point in time we just have to move on and quit using the past as an excuse! I am an openly gay woman and there are many difficulties in life but we just have to continue to educate our children to be open minded and respectful to everyone, no matter what race that person is, what sex they are or who that person falls in love with. The American people are so far behind when it comes to understanding of others...we need to take some lessons from Europe &/or Canada. For me the bottom line is ignorance and education of our children. The country has come a long way, we have to admit, who would have thought we would have nominated our first African American for President or that we could possibly see our first woman as Vice President but we need to know our history and learn from it...WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO LIVE IN IT!!!!

 honestly i think it will always be this way the white people feel one way and the blacks fell another. I should not have to think about talking a certian way because you may feel something i am a white female and my husband is from guyana i have never gone out with a white guy and i dont plan to but all my life i have been called the n word and i am white.

 Any way my point is that the n word does not have the same meaning as is did before and it never will again.

 This will not stop because there is always going to be some one out there who does think the n word is just a bad meaning for a black person so it will not change