Topic : 09/12 The N-Word Debate

I am a huge Dr Phil fan and never miss a show but when I saw the previews of today's show I decided to skip this episode.  However, I thought I would just come to the message board to see what was being said about today's episode. 

 

The reason I didn't want to watch the show because I knew nothing would get accomplished and it would just be an hour of much drama.  One thing I hate as a black american is when talk shows pick certain black individuals as if they are the "spokeman" for the entire race.  These individuals may have done good things in the community but that does not qualify them as our "leaders".  Dr Phil, please stop callng Al Sharpton.  Call me instead next time.

 

 

I think that we have moved forward and we have come a long way from how it used to be. People keep  wanting to talking about it and I think people need to stop talking about it and let it go. No matter what we will always have people that are negative. I think that some of the N word comes from who we were raised  around that carries it from generation to generation. All people should use other words besides the N word. Back to what I said from the beginning that we have come a long way we have a African American that is running for president and I think that maybe people now can see the light. This would of never happened 20 years ago. I think that no matter what when people  talk about it never gets any where only causes conflicts because everyone continues to carry the word. 

 

  I think that we all need to have the self respect and consideration for ourselves and others by not using this word.  And not only this word but all words that denegrates against r race, sex, faith.  If we allow our selves to sink to the level of acceptance for this type of poison, is it now hypacritical of us to complain when others mimic us.  Do you not get what you put out there?  I just think that we could create a better world for our children if we learn from our mistakes and history.

Why do you allow others to define you? Europeans are called racists every day, which by the way is racist. However they sure were the first... what? I hope you don't mean that Europeans were the first slave owners or racists. When the first Europeans stepped foot on African soil there were thriving slave markets. Africans selling Africans. There is still a thriving slave trade in Africa. It is well documented by the U.N. All races, all people on this little blue marble have at one time or another been slaves or slavers. The point is I would not call you a name. I am civilized, and kind. Have you ever called anyone a hurtful name? Stupid, retarded, fat, fag, or any number of other nasty names? Have you ever looked at someone and made a decision about them based on the colour of their skin? Do you assume that all pale people are racist? If you called me a nasty name I wouldn't react at all because it would be immediately obvious to me you're not worth my time. Oh, and no one has explained cracker to me yet! Must be an American thing.

Really NO ONE should use that word. Unfortunately yhere is a double standard to the word because black people do use the word so that when a white person uses it we think  that they are being  racist.

ok so,  I'm a Native American,  and ya know,  i got issues with this whole debacle,  its more hypocritical than anything and simplistic at best,  the N word in all its ignorance,   i grew up on a reservation in the south,  black white hispanic all of it was around us in the neighboring towns/neighborhoods funny thing is this,  almost every day when i'd walk to school id hear from the whites,  the blacks, and the hispanics and damn near everyone else around me calling me and my people 'prairie n******'  now then.   for 1,  its a hurtful thing, a white guy calls a black guy the n word and oh snap everything gets turned upside down and the white guy appologizes or gets his ass kicked.   you call native american 'prairie n*' then we HAVE to ignore it, otherwise the govt picks us up and locks us up.

african americans talk about slavery... BS.  it IS over, slavery was bad,  but it wasnt damn near genocide constant rapes murder and stealing all kinds of land.  forgive my bitterness, but slavery is over, reservations are still real,  and we are still forced to live on those assholes of the earth. 

its ok to call my people prairie n***** but its not ok to say the smaller to the african americans.  lets be honest here.....  really,  how hypocritical is the whole argument,  you dont like it dont say it,  but dont come up and say the white folks gave you the word to say,  if one group cant say nor can you,   dont pull up the argument that because your ancestors went through something like slavery it allows the whole of a group of population to use it as an exscuse for present malfunctions.  you DIDNTgo through it.  THEY did.  you are not they.

 The "N" word has been a word that outrages me to hear.  As a white person, I would never use that word because of the history it has and the disrespect to an entire race of people.  Anyone who uses this word to demean another has no regard for human kind. 

I was raised in Memphis Tennessee. At the age of nine the esteemed Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed (assassinated). Everyone around me said it was because the black garbage men wanted more money (I never noticed any white ones). I was only 9. When I asked my white elders why the black(back in the day African American wasn't widely used)  people living in the next community had chain link fences around their dingy looking newly built apartments? Why are their schools so shabby? I remember a white man saying to me little girls don't talk, think, or ask questions like that.  I don't ever remember the terms projects or ghetto.  I always wondered why my girlfriends loved to touch my blonde hair. I asked to touch theirs too. One day I was 12 and walking from the mall. I passed the link fence on my way home and was shocked to hear the little boys playfully playing and chasing each other calling each other N@&*!# as they laughed and carried on. The day I saw a white boy getting abeating for using the same language as he had hear them use I was still 12 years old. I've been disgusted by it ever since and I'm almost 50. Remember LOVE SEE NO COLOR. The day we can all just get along and honor our differences we will all be truly blessed.

So this is how it would go then

1. White man owns gun

2. Black man steals gun and commits crime

3. Black man gets aressted for crime

4. Black man then blames white man for owning the gun.

 

Makes sence huh! Maybe that s why the crime rate is so high!!!!

I was under the impression that slavery was over and that we were equal. So the black population have the same rights as whites!!! So then who is oppressing who!! Look in the mirror and make your own fate and stop blaming people around you!!!!

Young brother , young brother, though your thoughts are wonderful and the american you wish to live in so many us dream about, you must face the facts.  Our past must never be forgotten and please never forget.  The blood that was shed so that you could even be given the right to speak as you have in this forum.  The next time your near the ocean or walking on a beach listen to the crys of our ancestors.  They died so that we could have a opportunity to live.  They sacraficed sohat we wouldn't have too.  Yet, we still aren't respected for the content of our character as MLK said.  The owrld needs to grow up true.  But, they must come to grips with our struggles and how they perpetuate them daily.  Perhaps you live in an area where you don't see what I see daily.  I suggest you stay there because there are some of us that still having it rough.