I AM A WHITE FEMALE OF 49 YRS OF AGE,AND TO SEE THIS WAS JUST WRONG,THE WAY SOME OF THE PANEL WAS ACTING IS JUST SHAMEFUL.I WOULD NEVER SAY [THE-N-WORD] THATS THE WAY I AM . THERE ARE ALOT OF WORDS I WONT SAY. I AM NOT A RACIST PERSON..NEVER HAVE BEEN,AND I WAS BORN IN THE SOUTH,,,I SEE SO MUCH HATRID AMONG OUR SELFS ITS A DES CRESS FOR ALL. I DO FEEL THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD FOR AFRICA AMERICANS AND THE CAUCASIANS...PLEASE ANSWER ME THIS, 1-WHY IS THERE A MISS BLACK AMERICAN PAGEANT? 2-WHAT ABOUT THE NAACP. 3--WHY IS THERE A UNITED NEGRO FOUNDATION?....4--WHAT ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH?....5--WHY IS IT THAT THE ONLY TIME WE AMERICANS CAN COME TOGETHER IS WHEN WE [USA] ARE ATTACK BY FOREIGN ENEMY? I WASN'T HAPPEN BY THE REMARKS THE SO-CALL-SCHOLAR SAID ABOUT SOUTHERN PEOPLE BEING NASTY-DUMB-REDNECKS---BUT THAT JUST SHOWS US THAT IT IS SO EASY FOR OTHERS TO PICK WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE ABOUT ANT OF US AND MAKE REMARKS FOR A LAUGH....[ I SEE PEOPLE AS PEOPLE--NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN] THERE IS A WORD I USE THAT HELP ME TO GET OTHERS TO STOP USING THE N-WORD------WE ARE AMERICANS AND GOD MADE US AS HE DID GARBAGE-AND GARBAGE COMES IN ALL SIZES--SHAPES--AND COLORS-AND IT COMES FROM ALL OVER THE THE WORLD,,,,WE ALL HAVE IT,,,SO IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS ACTING LIKE GARBAGE THAN THATS WHAT I CALL THEM[ AND I MEAN-DRUG DEALERS;--KILLERS'--RAPIST;COMPLETE GARBAGE THAT HURT OUR CHILDREN IN ANY WAY SHAPE OF FORM.........I DON'T LIKE RACISM BY ANYONE OF ANY RACE.....THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO AIR MY FEELINGS...WE CAN STOP IT IF WE ARE ALL TOGETHER-----DONNA1959