Topic : 09/12 The N-Word Debate

This discussion never goes anywhere. No matter how many times it is had. Entertaining though.

I'm only si xteen years old and i have a very big opinion on this word.

the other day i was talking to my dad that dr.phil was on today and that it looked really intense and i couldn't wait to watch it. do you know what he said to me?

"What? The one about saying N*****?" I was speecheless. I just looked at him...jaw dropped and wide eyes. i couldn't believe he said in front of me. icoulnd't believe he said that at all.

that word when i hear it makes me sick.

just the sound of it is disrepectful and insulting. it's a disgusting word that never should have been said or made up.

white people get mad and say that it's so hypocritical because blacks call us cracekers!!! COME ON!!!

does cracker really hurt peoples feelings? no. it doesn't . say cracker and then say the n word. which one sounds worse? i know and you should know too. that word is disgusting and makes me sick. i hate that word and think that it should never be used.

even when people say ot to a group of their friends as a joke..it's still wrong.  it's hurtful and disrespecful and disgusting.

how can people feel ok with themselves when they say that? i have never said that word in my life and  i never will.

that word is a disgrace to everyone and everyone shoud be ashamed of themselves for using it.

i'm not trying to put down those of you who use it...i mean we all have freedom of speech...but don't be proud of it and don't flaunt it. it's not something to proud of that you can say it.

I grew up with a Cop for a dad, who used all slang terms, for all kinds, particularly black people.  My sweet grandmother may of uttered it quietly about some of her renters.  My grandfather never did, even when a black man that used to work for him, murdered his daughter. 

I am married to a cop, who occasionally uses the word and It makes my skin crawl. 

I have a 5month old grand daughter and a 6week old grandson.  Both have black fathers.  Neither daughter has chosen to get married.  We don't know what they are besides a growing population of a blend of cultures just like my German grandfather and my Irish grandmother.  These babies are beautiful and, much like their mothers and grandparents, mutts.  Irish, Scotch Irish, German, French, English, Danish, Cherokee and now black too.  They are the face of our nation.  It is my hope that they will do as their mothers did.  Accept people for who they are, watch their mouths, run if they feel they are in danger and apologize later if they were not and it offended.  I will teach them that this word is an old, offensive word that nobody uses any more unless they are mean, nasty or unhappy people.

I believe using the N word is just as grating as using many other words that are meant to degrade.  It should go right there with the nastiest of swear words. 

I believe that we can't have a whole nation as long as we are constantly trying to set aside a chunk of the population as an exception to the whole.

I prefer the word ethnicity, because there is one race, the human race.  If not, what is the other race?  Alien?

Black people were dicriminated against because of the color of their skin. Children were raped beat spit on etc. You can loose weight but you can't change your skin color. Any hatered expressed by African Americans is usually, not always expressed out of anger due to racism they've experienced. No it doesn't excuse them but, but if your hit hard enough eventually you're gonna lash back. The N word is very hurtful and disrespectful to a myraid of people of color and of all ages. There was no love behind that word just a meaning of disrespect torture and belittling. As an African- American with friends of all nationalities, I don't use that word to them and I also feel, out of respect to our ancestors, grandparents and to anyone whom had to endure the pain behind that word we should just let it go. Webster has many more words that can mean ignorant or "terms of endearment".