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People, anyone can say anything. Unless they've got a soundproof gag on you, they can't stop you. Now, what happens after you say stuff, I don't know. That could deserve some thought.Blacks have their own special word that only they can say...doesn't anyone find that strange in a free nation?....
I call it euphemism drift. Now they've got newspapers actually capitalizing black!! But not capitalizing white. Something very wrong there.When I was at school we were taught that "negro" was the polite term to use.
Language always shifts.
That's how ignorant the politically correct sheep are. They'll even ban great works of American literature simply for not being politically correct.In the movie "The Patriot", Benjamin Martin, played by Mel Gibson, is in a tavern signing up men for the militia. An old man walks up, smokin' a pipe and, after explaining how he's too old to fight himself, looks at Martin and says "But you can have my niggra'..."
I watched that movie once with my cousin (who's a liberal) and she got all upset, whining about how "racist" it was. She actually said they should've used the words "African American".
I then explained the importance of context. In the 1770's, they called them "niggras" or "colored" or "negro". It would've been silly to change that in a period piece.
So, too, would it have been silly to change that when quoting someone. After all, if you change what they said, you're no longer quoting them...
HAHAHA, says the guy who wasn't born until 12 years after MLK was assassinated. Take it down the road whistle britches. You don't know shit.But back in the 60's -- when you were saying the n-word daily...you hated MLK and called him a communist trouble maker...Color me shockedAnyone can say it as long as you’re prepared for the consequences.Growing up in the south, in the 60s, I said it almost as often as rap artists do today... almost. That was a time where real racism existed and it was UGLY. The crying and complaining today would make MLK ashamed of the youth who engage in it.
FTR, most of the people I know today would disassociate themselves, even from family, that used the word in a hateful or demeaning way.
That said, it is a personal CHOICE. No one tells me which words or expressions are "illegal". As for consequences, life is full of them. Like the saying goes - you pays your money and you takes your chances.
You wouldn't know shit about what MLK would be ashamed of.....
She was quoting someone. If it's quoting, I think it's ok.
Race row erupts at Rutgers after white student uses N-word in quote
The first year student - a woman who has not been named - had used the slur during Professor Vera Bergelson's virtual office hours in October last year. That sparked a petition over its use.www.dailymail.co.uk
I remember that. Ignorance is costly and detrimental to democracy.Why are the least educated, least articulate, and least accomplished among us, being allowed to dictate how our language is used?
Remember the white guy who was fired for using the word "niggardly' during a meeting? Some ignorant blacks whined about it, yet the ignorant fucks had no clue what the word meant, or that it had been in wide use for many centuries.
