Topic : 09/12 The N-Word Debate

The gentleman's name is Paul Moody.   Slavery is  not far enough behind us to forget it.  Slavery is not like watching a movie and then getting up and going home and going on with your life.  My grand mother was born in 1898, which was not too far after the abolition  of slavery.  It is very difficult to for a whole section of the population to just "get over it".  Even when slavery was was "ended" we were not considered equal. Martin Luther King , Jr. was assasinated in my life time for fighting for equal rights.

Mr. Moody is tired, as I am, of other minorities claiming that they had "trouble", too.  If our ancestors had come here of  their own free will, I could agree with the lady.  But  that is not the case. That was the point that Mr. Moody was trying to make. It takes time to heal. Telling us to get over it doesn't help. If you have broken your leg does it really help you if I tell you to just get over it? Your leg is still broken, right? As long as you view us as "them" or "they" you take yourself out of the equation,  like so many non- blacks do.  Until you can refer to us interms of "we" and "us" , there will be no solutions.  If you gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and someone came and stole her away and you could not find her, would you be able to "just get over it"?  If you saw that person or someone related to that person and told them what they had done and they ignored you or said that the child is gone get over it, could you?  would you drop the issue and get on with your life or would you keep after them?   Would you try to get that child back or just forget about her?  It wouldn't be a matter of whether or not anyone wanted to hear about it.  There would not be any peace in your heart until you got what you wanted .  You could not live in peace with the person or relatives of the person who stole something so precious from you.  That is how I feel about my heritage.

The one thing that bothered me was when comedian Mrs. Underwood started talking she said..."I can say any word that is in the Lexicon book." Now if you noticed when she was speaking about words, she did not say anything about it being for friends, family, a lover. She said "I can say any word that is in the Lexicon book.

So after that everything she said was a lie as far as I'm concerned. Because the "friendship, family, intimacy  where the "N" word was "allowed" didn't come out till a small bit later. But this was her declaration when she first spoke.

So if "she" can say any word that is in the Lexicon...why can't others do the same? Is it only blacks that can wield the Lexicon book as their proof?

Her second choice of conversation was for Mrs. Underwood to let the audience know that we needed to be giving some"credit" aka "common sense" that the (whites) have been strategically placed around the room, no where near a door, so that if someone said the "N" word that the black people would be all over you kicking your butt! PULEAZE! To me that said superiority right there. What does she think? That we would all cower in a corner? H*** No we wouldn't cower!

I am not racist or do I use or like the word "N" but I don't ever see this word being laid to rest. BTW  this is the definition and the meaning of a Lexicon.

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Donna

When I lived overseas, somone from Belguim asked me how I would define an American.  My reply was this: Americans are the blacksheep of the world.  Our ancestors forced out of their homes, loved ones murdered because of who they were.  That our ancestors did not have value in the countries that they lived in and fled those countries to find a better life.  The rejects that nobody wanted and eventually became the people that everyone across the world wanted to be.

It amazes me how one word can cause such an uproar.  The N-word is obviously a horrific word.  Any word that is used to degrade a person is obviously wrong.  Anyone who would degrade a person because of their race and/or religion is an idiot.

I saw this episode today and all I saw was fuel added to the fire.  It only pointed out the obvious; that we the people have made a choice.  In a country that thrives on diversity and takes pride in it.  A choice to act like children and not as adults.  A choice to let petty words divide us.  Here in a country that people all over the world long to come to and are used as an example on how other countries should treat their own people.  Here in a country where we hold pride that all men and women are created equal.  Here in a country where you are not judged by race, religion, or who your father was.  Here in this country we judge you by who you are and what you do.  That each person here has value.

It saddens me to see that we choose to let these petty words divide us instead of unite us.  That we choose not to act as adults.  That we choose not to live as one.

We the people need to choose to act as adults.  To not let these petty words bother us and not to fuel the fire that we are so desperately trying to put out. To show each other the respect that each person has the right to.

African American people do not want to be segregated from whites, yet  BET, African American colleges and beauty pageants place a further divide in the minds of the American people, where it would be a civil rights violation if a white group attempted it.

One day I am afraid that I will become the person that I am accused of being. And in my heart I know it might already be too late...

I feel the same way. I have always loved people for who they are-not the color of their skin. But I too find my self angry &  bitter over double standards. I too worry that I will one day become what we are accused of.

Donna

I think I counted six racial charged things today watching that show, when she said all the blacks would kick white peoples behinds, Paul Moody, called a women in the audience a "B" made the statement about Whites being serial killers/ school shooters, and also made a comment about getting OJ on her behind.

Black pple get real... you race is going downhill faster than the Jamacian bobslead team. 

 And a big part of it is because of the trash they show and promote on BET, and MTV.    When your radio stations feed messges like "shawty wanna thug" ...and then you act surprised when stats come out that say black males now leave over 70% of their kids with NO fathers....and are 11 TIMES more likely to have AIDS than whites.  In fact.... blacks make up 13% of the population...but over 50% of the prision population, and over 50% of the new AIDS cases.  

 And dont talk about white serial killers....you dont remember lee malvo the DC sniper?  or the Atlanta child murders in the 80's? 

 Ive personally dated 3 different beautiful black young women in atlanta....and they perfered white guys.  We apparently treat or women better and offer a better future.  (just what i heard from their lips!) 

And dont even get me started on all the reverse racism going around.... black men call white men "white boys"  all the time in raps and on tv.  In fact apparently all white men cant jump, cant play basketall, and have small d*cks.   HAHA..... dont blacks wish that was true. 

And when i was in a club recently in Atlanta i overheard 2 black guys talking about "white dudes aint got the swagga wes gots"  

 yup ....yall got "swagga" alright...the swagga to get off your job at mcdonalds...go to a bar and hit on ANYTHING that moves.... then dissapear the minute you hear shes pregnant! 

Meanwhile im white and i have CONFIDENCE...confidence that i can take care of my family and be the man God intended me to be!   The Confidence that im not going to give my wife one day AIDS or syphillis!

Im not saying all young black males are this way...but its seriously around 60-70% of them that just arent worth a crap.