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WebAddress - www.karlawithak.net
Comments - Thank you for your passionate position! I was just
wondering where the real Black people were! Especially after seeing
the dispicable pronouncement given "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" as
"best song" at the 2006 Academy Awards. That in itself warrants a
socio/political movement. The so-called "standards" of the Oscars
has sunk to an all time low in my eyes and I was fooled into thinking
that white people defined excellence. Now I know the ugly truth
about what they think is our "excellence." Martin must have rolled
over and stood up in his grave on Oscar night. I'm a former radio
host/actress, turned public high school teacher and I'm disgusted
with where America has taken it's so-called "freedom" of speech.
We've got to gain our dignity and self-respect back for future
generations before they become "miseducated" too.
Name: B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: I've tried to refrain from using the word...but as soon as it was morphed into the "N-word" you knew it was never gonna go away...It's just too firmly entrenched in our vernacular...It's like Pandora's box, once comedians and muscians made it cool it just got outta control...It's gonna be next to impossible to put it back in that box...
Name: Debonair
Comment: I'll admit that i use the word on occasion...mostly when someone is acting like one.But it's the 21st century and some things need to be left behind....i'd hate to have to reincarnate into the 24th century and the word STILL exists...that would be a trip.We're original man....we're much more than that.
Name: McNasty
Comment: Co sign Teigh, even before Chris said it I realized it is more than just a word in the black community. We've got folk so n i g g e r i s h in our community we can't help but call them what they are. Word's not going away anytime soon so we need to find a point of contention more worthy of our energy.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: I think Richard Pryor said it best. He went to Africa for the first time and looked around and he said he realized that he wasn't a "n*gger" and that there were no "n*ggers" and that from that point on he wouldn't use the word anymore. I don't think he did. I have a habit of using it that I am trying to break because I know it sounds bad. At the same time, the word really doesn't bother me - even when a white person uses it and is trying his/her best to be vicious. See, if all you can do is say, "you, you - N*GGER!" It's not going to phase me because I understand how ignorant you are to think that word is going to break me down. I do agree with this author. We do need to let this word go and we do need to stop putting ourselves down...
Name: blackdiamondleo
Comment: Sitting here thinking of my childhood with the fact that my stepfather who raised me used to fight my mother when he would be high from alcohol, I can't remember a tome when that word was used. He would say g-ddamn,sh-t in anger. I heard my mother curse with sh-t and I remember it didn't seem right coming out of her mouth. I'm glad the N- word wasn't used. I cringe nowadays when I hear kids of all races and just people in general using it so loudly in the streets, transportation, stores,etc. I be wanting to slam them, but I'm too old for that crap now. ha, ha. Seriously, it's degrading. It's not a black culture thing anymore.
Name: TRTR
Comment: For the record, during a 60 Minutes interview, Chris Rock said he regretted ever making that statement about "there are Blacks and there ae niggers." And please stop following these so-called celebrities and entertainers because MANY of them have no real pride -- and on top of that DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING about their history.
Name: McNasty
Comment: Word is not going away no matter how any of us feel about it. When someone black that you know personally says something so farfetched you can't think of how to respond intellectually, there is always n i g g a Puhleeze! For that reason alone I'd say get over it.
Name: JamerDelta
Comment: It only takes one person to effect change. For those who say it'll never go away, that's crazy. Start by not saying the word yourself and not allowing others around you to say it. Be clear about why, and encourage others to do the same. Change will happen. There are so many other words in the English language. It's kind of crazy to consider a word that was an insult as a term of endearment.
Name: Platinum
Comment: When I saw the episode of Girlfriends when Lynn’s white cousin was singing along with one of Jay-Z song that has the n-word in it, I couldn’t understand why they all got upset with her when she actually said the word, yet Lynn, Mia and the others were pumpin’ their fist and singing the song as well. My point is black people we can’t have it both ways how is it okay for us to address each other with the n-word but we want to declare war on white people when they use it. Quit foolin’ yourselves the word is degrading, spell it anyway you want pronounce it anyway you want it’s still offensive. And please quit giving Chris Rock credit for saying “there are black people and there are N*ggers! A white racist said it first not Chris Rock!
Dear H. Lewis Smith,
I'm ecstatic that you have written a book condemning the use of the n-word. To me, it's unfathomable to use the same words that were used to denigrate our ancestors. Can you imagine how many times the word was used when they massacred Emmit Till, or when they lynched, burned, castrated, and mutilated African men allover the western hemisphere? Malcolm X once said that the worst thing racism did was to make us hate ourselves. And the continued usage of this word provides us with no greater example of this self-hatred!
I would like to request a complimentary media copy.
I hope you can publicize your book on such shows as the Tom Joyner Morning Show and others, because your book is long over due!!!
Thanks A Million,
Jack M. Parker, Jr.
Dear H. Lewis Smith:
I received your article from Black News and will order a copy. After reading Nigger by Randall Kennedy your book should be refreshing. A friend from Nigeria has introduced me to a worse term--black trash. Which the Africans use to point out black people with disparaging behavior. Hearing them say, "look at that black trash." Was a very hurtful experience, and our own people have no clue as to how we are seen by others. Randall Kennedy seemed as if he were trying to convince us that using the word was now okay. However, he like most people fail to realize that all races have their own definition of niggers. We are just begining to become aware of their useage and lifestyles from association. Just as whites always have referred to their own as "poor white trash". Worse, it seems that we are always on display, or displaying ourselves. However, we cannot remove the word as Websters' has tried to delete it from their dictionary, because it defines the United States. Without the "n" word, slavery, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement or American history would not exist.
Looking forward to reading your book!
Jackie Brown
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