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N-Word Mea Culpas Are Wearing Thin

Apologies from D-list celebs (Dog the Bounty Hunter? Who he?) make you wonder: have they become just another career move?

By Joshua Alston | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 6, 2007 | Updated: 3:13  p.m. ET Nov 6, 2007

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  • Posted By: DurtCiganin @ 11/26/2007 4:33:08 PM

    Comment: Jeezus Christ. I am so sick of everyone getting so up in arms about a word. Get over yourselves, people. This ridiculousness has just gone too far out of control and it seems to me that it is just that one word. I never hear about a gay man getting bent out of shape over the word "faggot". Or a *** freaking out over "***". I have never seen an Italian trying to get reparations over the word "***". I must hear the words "cracker" and "white ***" 50 times a day in the predominantly black downtown area of the city I reside. Anyway, this is the United States and I thought we had the freedom of expression here. Nobody loves everybody and we have the right to express and vocalize our hate, or so I thought. If you don't like it then maybe you should move to a country where you get thrown in prison for speaking your mind. Oh wait- this country is headed that way anyhow! Deal with it. ***, hook-nosed Jew. faggot, ass pirate, ***, *** WOP, guido, ***, gook, cracker, ***, burr-headed porch monkey, *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***. Come and get me you communists.

  • Posted By: DurtCiganin @ 11/26/2007 4:14:00 PM

    Comment: jeesus christ, I am so sick of all this ridiculousness over a word. You don't hear gays getting all up in arms about the word "faggot". I do not get upset and offended when I hear the word "cracker" or get called "white ***" 50 times a day in the predominantly black downtown area of the city I live in. WOP, cracker, ***, ***, ***, gook, porch monkey, hook-nosed Jew, ***, faggot, ***. Get over yourselves. This is the United States, people, and we are supposed to have the freedom to express ourselves and not everyone is going to love everybody else. Some of us hate and that is our right. Either deal with it or move to a country where you are thrown into prison for speaking your mind. Of course, it seems that our country is headed that way anyhow. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***, Now come and get me.

  • Posted By: sortey21 @ 11/23/2007 12:21:34 PM

    Comment: Can't we all...just get along?
    http://www.newsweek.com

  • Posted By: Somebody73 @ 11/21/2007 8:08:37 PM

    Comment: People, it's time to move on. There will always be victims, and there will always be survivors. You are either one or the other.

  • Posted By: Doc Becker @ 11/21/2007 10:58:00 AM

    Comment: Let me get that facts straight....this guy had a private conversation with his son....the son POs the Dad (not hard to do with some sons) and the Dad in a fit of rage throws out some hateful talk to hurt his son.....I hope I got the facts right.

    I am suprised that a "non-public" and unauthorized tape of a private conversation causes such an issue. I don't use derogatory terms because it denotes a lack of proper education. It reminds me of all the worst things about America. But in the confines of a personal life I do believe that a person is free (no matter how uneducated he or she may be) to voice, in a private conversation, whatever they want to without fear of retribution. Once we start down this path we will start to lose some of those freedoms our ancestors fought so hard for. This is the type of thing that happened in the Soviet Union....is that where we want to end up?

    Public statements by public people...okay...we should excercise our right as a free people to allow the comments....then we use our "consumer vote" to regulate what happens....if people don't like the person or the content ...they don't watch it...eventually when enough people stop watching the person (or show) then it will simply go away...that is the American system in action...

    Unfortunately at least some of America still likes to watch a semi-reality show that exposes all the worst that America has to offer...watching some guy run around capturing the "dregs" of our society is not my idea of entertainment. This of course makes me sad...but it is the America I live in and they have that right....and what we have to decide is...do we open this Pandora's Box of censorship of private conversations?

    I will not admonish, punish or limit what a person says in a private conversation...think of where that could go.....

  • Posted By: perrymason67` @ 11/18/2007 11:39:31 AM

    Comment: Though I don't condone the language Dog used, it was still a private conversation between father and son that should not have been recorded for the son's personal retaliation against his father. Tucker knew his father didn't approve of the girl he was seeing. Dog knows something about this girl that we don't. The "grammar police" needs to stay out of this situation. "Kramer" was different, he hollered in front of a crowd and willingly insulted the black men in his audience. Dog's conversation was private. Tucker should not be invited to anymore Thanksgivings or Christmas dinners, and birthdays be damned.

    If I had a son like Tucker, lets say he wouldn't be part of my life anymore.

    Now......BRING BACK THE DOG !!!!!

  • Posted By: aceofspades @ 11/16/2007 9:46:45 AM

    Comment: I DEFY anyone to say that you cannot identify certain people's ethnicity by listening to them talk or by reading what they post here.Yes, tou're correct . . . the preceding comment applies more to n1 ggers than any other group. Also, note that there is a difference between n1 ggers and black people. The latter is meant to be a respectful term; the former is not.

  • Posted By: newsweeksucksbigtime @ 11/15/2007 5:15:16 PM

    Comment: "Though we'd like to do more, there's ultimately only so much we can do to punish people for having ideologies we don't approve of"

    Yes, it's too bad we can only shame, humilate and ruin their careers. Mr. Alston obviously pines for the days
    of gulags, conentration camps, and re-education camps for those that are not PC. Only a sicko like Mr. Alston could wish to actually punish people for have an ideologie that they disagree with. Mr. Alston obviously sees himself as some type of sadistic God whose job is to punish those who think differently. Unfortunately his disease is common among the PC crowd.

  • Posted By: informity_over_conformity @ 11/14/2007 11:05:25 PM

    Comment: Both points of view are questionable as both are using the victim stance to justify each particular rationale. in the meantime, during all this reactionism, neither of you realize that you are only feeding into each others limited perspectives. If you want to appear enlightened or informed, speak on the intergenerational trauma inflicted on ALL "monorities," including women and children. Be informed before trying to martyr your race...you risk both subjecting whomever,or whatever, you are attempting to defend to further oppressive assumptions, generalizations and actions. Your words, due to their lack of forethought and limiting capacity, will continue to be used as examples and justifications by those who would be more than happy to do so.

    Why should any intelligent, open-minded person be offended by what this man or Imus or whomever has to say? Why personalize a statement from any obviously ignorant person? You might as well write their respective stations and petition to put them back on the air. Learn about big business and it's multi-million dollar marketing psychology schemes... it's your reactions, and furor that are funding their next "gig."

    • Posted By: Doc Becker @ 11/21/2007 11:01:29

      Comment: I am in agreement with you on this. We should use our "consumer vote" and simply stop watching this type of show (or person). In the end the ratings are the true lawgivers and judges here!

  • Posted By: Fall of the Empire @ 11/14/2007 6:43:36 PM

    Comment: Tipemone, evidently you are missing the last 300 years or so of history on this continent. I do not know of white people lynched by a group of blacks shouting any of the W-words. Let alone the castrations, burnings, beatings, beheadings, etc that blacks suffered at the hands of whites all while being called the N-word. Even today a black person can be shot down by the police, who are always justified, no matter what walk of life they come from and whether they are armed or not. One can not change the meaning or the hate behind the word, although some black and some white try to. Racists can not see that they are racist, Tipemone, take a tip from me, you are.

  • Posted By: Fall of the Empire @ 11/14/2007 6:35:41 PM

    Comment: Tipemone, evidently you are missing the last 300 years or so of history on this continent. I do not know of any white people lynched by a group of blacks, of course had that occured and had they been shouting the W-word I'd be able to see your point. Let alone the castrations, burnings, beatings, beheadings, etc. that were connected to the N-word. Even today a black person can be shot down by the police without any fear or justice. Racists have trouble seeing that they are racist. Let me tell you, you are.

  • Posted By: Tipemone @ 11/14/2007 3:06:11 PM

    Comment: If any word is good enough for any race to use it, than it is good for all races to use it, not just blacks. Besides, at this point in time N I G G E R no longer implies the black race, it is what it is a shiftless, lazy person, no matter the color. Blacks have recently used this too bolster their argument that any person other than black that says that is a racist while they profess that their meaning is different. Funny that whiteboy, peckerwood, cracker, whitetrash- none of those are the W-words. Give me a break, just another reason for the black race to scream inequality and racism.

  • Posted By: Bookworm1957 @ 11/14/2007 12:40:37 PM

    Comment: The "N-word" is hateful and racist no matter who uses it and no one should ever say that word to or about anyone. Some African Americans use the word with each other claiming to "own" or to "reduce the power" of the word. However it still sets off a powerful rage if a non-African American person uses it. If you allow someone of your race to call you a racist word and rage against someone not of your race who uses that same racist word, you are racist. Luke 6:41, 42 - And why beholdest thou the mote (OF RACISM) that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam (OF RACISM) that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to they brother , Brother, let me pull out the mote (OF RACISM) that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam (OF RACISM) that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam (OF RACISM) ou of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote (OF RACISM) that is in they brother's eye.

    • Posted By: notavictim3 @ 11/19/2007 15:09:53

      Comment: Sounds to me like another opinion

  • Posted By: God @ 11/14/2007 7:45:39 AM

    Comment: I hear you.

    I hear you all.

    The day of reckoning is coming soon.

    The wise ones amongst you are coming to the realization that there are certain groups who have as their sole reason for existence, the destruction of the values sought and cherished by others. These "people" must be exterminated for they will never change their outlook.

    It's not my fault people. I gave you a free will to pick and choose what you want to do. Unfortunately, there was a small group of people who decided to f uck monkeys and that's why n1 ggers exist today.

    I tried to remedythe situation with the sickle cell and AIDS, but it's not enough. henceforth, I will createthe plague of the Citrullus Lanatus* to fix the problem. It should only take a year or two, so leave your ropes at home and try to work with those of the group who mean well. they are few, but they do exist, so help me Me.



    * Poisoned Watermelon Crops

    • Posted By: nice girl @ 11/15/2007 16:31:08

      Comment: Go to hell you racist pig!!!

      • Posted By: NubianQueen @ 11/19/2007 11:28:22

        Comment: lol. are you serious. Well I am an african american female, and personally I don't care for watermelon that much lol. I won't even give you the satisfaction of an ignorant comment. Just know that the color of my skin is beautiful, the curly hair on my head is beautiful, the smile on my face right now...is BEAUTIFUL! My perfectly manicured finger directed at you...IS BEAUTIFUL. And that my love is BEAUTIFUL.

  • Posted By: Josh006 @ 11/14/2007 2:43:03 AM

    Comment: I at first wished to respond to Joshua Alston's silly article, until I read poeticide's even sillier responses. Let me just say one thing, Joshua. I hope using the ebonics (uneducated) sounding phrase "Who He?" in your title was a joke on the offended parties we're discussing, and not something you wrote unintentionally. Now on to poeticide's comments. While you're right that not everyone in one race is lazy and on welfare, as poeticide states, that doesn't change the fact that a rather large percentage of that race is lazy and on welfare. Seven out of ten black kids grow up with out a father. I'd say being too lazy to raise your own child is pretty lazy. And that, my friend, is not opinion. It's a fact of American life. I'm sure your grandfather, as you pointed out, is a good man. Many of your race are. However, an exception to the rule does not negate the rule. Next I'd like to adress your comment where you attack freedom in America, where you say that freedom is in fact not accessible for everyone and all communities. Just before that coment you said that Africans built America to begin with. I beg to differ. Africans picked some cotton, cooked, and performed other menial labor, which I'm sure was a great convenience for slave-owners, but I'd hardly call that a nation. Not only do I not believe Africans built America, I seriously doubt Africans would even have had the ability to find America, were it not for other Africans selling them into slavery. Most likely you'd all still be running around poking each other with spears and eating ants if it was not for cotton, so really you should be thankful. Go steal some hub-caps and buy stock in Hanes to show your appreciation. And if Africans are in fact great nation builders, why in all this time, uninterrupted by Americans, have they been unable to build anything in their native continent? Last time I checked, Somalia and Ethiopia weren't exactly models of modern civilization. Nor, for that matter, Darfur. If I had to make a list of the top ten leaders I've met in my life, a black man would be on the list. I don't believe racism, or inadequacies in blacks, is the problem. Rather it is individual choices made and actions taken by men. Please respond, poeticide.

    • Posted By: NubianQueen @ 11/19/2007 13:23:19

      Comment: "Sometimes it is better to be thought a fool than to speak out and erase all doubt."

  • Posted By: poeticdee @ 11/13/2007 11:22:36 PM

    Comment: First of all to the low and narrow minded comments that were made earlier, it is ridiculous to think that racism isn't a major issue today. Even before Jena six a noose was hang on my uncle's truck and it was also keyed(scratched). Here is a man who has pushed and strived to attain respect in his community and also has his own business yet you seem to think if he doesn't like the way he's treated he should leave this country in which Africans built to begin with? That is not complaining, that is not taking the bull crap from some racist who can't stand the fact that he is who he is and he has what he has! A good job, an education and a good life. And I will never thank my ancestors for taking a beating so that I could be free! Freedom doesn't exist in this country anymore for me as wellas for you.True enough we are in a better country than most and we have a lot of avenues to take to better ourselves but let's be honest, it is simply not available for everyone and all communities. And I find it hard to believe you've never complained about anything in your life. The N word is just what it is. No wrong or right way to use in this case because someone said it best, even if we decided to stop using it amongst our race, you and others like you will still use it... I'm not going to comment on the Jews because they have gone through a lot also but if you do your research, there are still hate crimes and comments gainst them as well. Also, all blacks don't follow leaders because they're black some of us are educated enough to know what's right from wrong. I guess we could say the same thing about caucasion americans, they follow white leaders or face the wrath, don't believe me ASK GEORGE W. BUSH...

  • Posted By: laurelpatterson @ 11/13/2007 10:39:43 PM

    Comment: Like the slaves mentioned by the previous writer the Jews who suffered during the Holocaust are fir the most part no longer living. Maybe the arguement is not are the people who suffered these horrible acts still alive, but what is the leagcy of such horrible acts on the living decendents. Here is the point, apartheid (Jim Crow/Segregation) existed in the US until 1968 an entire century after slavery ended. How long after 1968 did those festering resentments and attitudes last? How many people blamed and continue to blame Jews for the sons and daughters dying in World War II? How many people because of religious reasons consider Jews the enemy? I am not saying one groups suffering has been worse than the other. What I am suggesting is that no issue is just black and white (pun intended). Put your own biases away and think

  • Posted By: Human Frailty @ 11/13/2007 10:35:17 PM

    Comment: Good Lord, save us from ourselves. We are all angry--the world hurts us. We transfer that anger onto family and unknowns. We take delight in shaming family and unknowns, because we have been taught to do so. Too often, I am also this way. Apparently we will all continue to suffer until we open our hearts to love. God save us.

    • Posted By: jackson123343 @ 11/13/2007 22:42:51

      Comment: This is the best comment I have seen out here. We should all ask God to heal this racist, full of hatred country. While we use and bicker over this nonsense, this country is falling apart. I guarantee there will be posts after this blaming Blacks for that too. Yes, God save us all.

    • Posted By: Human Frailty @ 11/13/2007 22:39:31

      Comment: Amen

  • Posted By: jackson123343 @ 11/13/2007 10:22:34 PM

    Comment: I am so sick of hearing whites say " get over it, you all use the n word, so why can't we"? I don't like the use of the word by blacks or whites or anybody else. It is not all blacks that condone this first of all. And even if we did as a people stop using the word, whites and other races wouldn't stop using the word. So white folks get out of denial stage please. Stop making stupid excuses. What if we called you Crackers in public?

  • Posted By: frankcapone @ 11/13/2007 10:11:10 PM

    Comment: Black people (or is it colored? negro? the other white meat?) are pissed off and the best thing is to focus it on is something that happened hundreds of years ago, by no one alive today, to no one alive today. Hold on to that grudge as long as you can, because as soon as people get tired of hearing you complain about what can't be controlled, your case is closed. Jews had is much worse, as they were exterminated, not clothed and fed for work done. I'm not saying slavery was not a bad thing, but unless you were a slave, get over it. Jews have more right to be upset, but instead they have struggled for success amongst the same hurdles. Instead of complaining about your plight, get down on your knees and thank your ancestors for suffering the way they did, so you could be born here. If it is so hard to be back in America, thanks to Lincoln, you are now free to leave.

  • Posted By: redwingii @ 11/13/2007 9:07:13 PM

    Comment: The Jena Six wrongly attacked a young man who had nothing to do with the hanging of nooses; and the attackers are very familiar with the police, because they have been ikn trouble before. They just saw the chance to attack someone. And black Africans sold their brothers into slavery, long before there was an America to sell them to. If theree are slavers today, they take the form of Al Sharpton, and other black leaders, who have sold the black vote to the Democrats for decades. A black man today, if he makes it on his own, is not permitted to have his own opinion, he must toe the line, or face the wrath of black leaders. Don't believe me? As Bill Cosby. Ask Colin Powell... his years of sevice to America got him labeled a house slave, b y someone who's biggest claim to fame if the "Banana Boat" song.

  • Posted By: redcuba @ 11/13/2007 6:32:47 PM

    Comment: Amerikkkas nightmare. the problem is that history created this problem, the actions of anglo saxons treating those with darker skin less than human. Its not that Dog used the the word, its the thought behind it. And I can't say that its his fault directly, thats how he was raised. The default reasoning behind the "i'm not a racist" comment is "I have black friends, many of my co workers are black,etc. No, no, and NO!!!! The problem is buried deep within the culture of white amerikkka. In 2007/2008 this country still wants to crack the whip on the backs of black men especially. So the public outcry over the word is nothing but a political front to massage the house ***. Well, i'm not buying it at all, just another form of slavery. Amerikkka created the *** by destroying the identity and turning men into slaves. Amerikkka raped our women and eradicated families, for more than 400 years!! If you plant the seed of a tree today and come back 400 years later, that seed will be a great tree. White Amerikkka's best bet would be to avoid that word like Bush has avoided BinLaden. Anerikkka created my hate, discontent, ghettoes, created crack to kill us and outrageous sentencing for for offenders!!! When amerikkka takes the boot of of our necks, then maybe things can be different. When we have issues like Jena 6, in 2007, we have a long way to go!!!

  • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/13/2007 5:18:51 PM

    Comment: One of the most beautiful psalms of all is to be read at 36:45-69 wherein it states:

    And if the dark men amongst ye
    Continue to raise hell
    Yea shall I deal with them harshly
    Rejoice in the sickle-cell

    • Posted By: redcuba @ 11/13/2007 18:35:25

      Comment: That would include you as well, black man!!!

      • Posted By: Human Frailty @ 11/13/2007 22:46:34

        Comment: Achmed Naroobi is clearly a pseudonym--this kid's name is probably Mike: he's 18 and from Trenton, New Jersey, and probably his partents or grandparents utter hate speech when the neighbors aren't around. I hope all is well Mike. Be good. You'll feel better.

        • Posted By: Somebody73 @ 11/21/2007 20:48:03

          Comment: Psalm 36 only has 12 verses.

  • Posted By: singlemom3 @ 11/13/2007 3:32:18 PM

    Comment: Had a black celebrity used the "N" word for any reason, rap song, joke, conversation, etc., it would be no big deal. Why is America so super-sensitive that the second a white person uses the same word they are crucified? Blacks call whites names. Every culture on earth seems to have some derrogatory word for other cultures but you never hear the commotion raised over any of them. Knock it off America. Get thicker skin. These words will NEVER go away.

  • Posted By: erikalynn @ 11/13/2007 2:36:46 PM

    Comment: In regards to Marine#1 @'s comment, apparently you dont know the history of this word and what it was used for. I do, however, agree that everyone should stop using this word, but your comments dont have any merit. Apparently you have not considered the fact that some of the soliders overseas that are fighting for this "great country" of ours(and in the past wars ie. Civil War, WWI, WWII), are Afr. American and would not appreciate you taking that word so lightly.. It just goes to show that Racism has never left this country even though we are in 2007/2008, its just now people are getting "caught" saying it. Maybe Marine #1, the next time you post a comment you would take in condsideration the subject matter .

    • Posted By: Marine#1 @ 11/14/2007 08:12:37

      Comment: LOL, Why dont you re-read what was said. Obviously you paid no attention to what was said. Try again. There is nothing I said wrong. I have black friends who happen to agree. I beieve your angry because I wont kiss your ass. It is what it is.I have heard the word before ya know. My friends realize we dont live in the "Civil War, WWI, WWII," era anymore. If the man beside me in combat is a black man then he is just another man. I have his back and he has mine. I dont use the word cause I have better things to say, but I find it idiotic the people who *** about it are using it. So since your so highly intelligent, you tell me when Honky, Cracker, beaner, spick, ***, and wetback are going to stop being used. They dont need to be used either. What makes the "N-word "so much worse? So OH Intelligent one the Afr. Americans arent the only ones experiencing it. I am aware of the word and what it was and is used for and it is screwed up. My question to you is are you so dumb you think that the whites, Hispanics, and Asians arent offended by what is said of them? Of course, but we shrug it off and go on with our life. Black comedians have nothing better to do than talk about "white people" for example. It get sold after a while, but oh la la life goes on. Also, no kidding racism hasnt left this country. No matter how anyone uses any word it will always be present regardless of how you feel. Again GET OVER IT.

  • Posted By: erikalynn @ 11/13/2007 2:16:10 PM

    Comment: Referring to Marine#1 comment(s), apparently you are not educated enough of the history of this word and yes I do agree that we should stop it altogether. However, you cannot comment on a subject that you dont know fully of or understand. This word is negative and brings offense to those directed to. You say that there are soliders in other countries dying, well some of those soliders are Afr. American and would want that word abolished too! It goes to show that Racism is still going strong even though we are in 2007/2008. Youre complete ignorance is a reflection of your incompetence of this and maybe you should keep such comments to yourself in the near future

  • Posted By: Marine#1 @ 11/13/2007 12:01:24 PM

    Comment: This whole ordeal is stupid. Everyone is so eat up about the "N-word". Maybe I've lost my mind, but who is on these wanna be gangster rappers who are using the word. If ya want the word to die out then STOP USING IT. That seems pretty damn easy to me. We got men and women over in that hellhole dying and all you people can worry about is who said the N-word this time. Get a life, if you hear it and dont feel it applies to you then ignore it. The typical American way these days is to see who can make who miserable. I find it strange also how an apology is acceptable from states who participated in slavery, which was a big deal but an apology from a man who used the "N-word" isnt good enough. People just be people and stop getting so offended all the time. People are going to do stupid things especially in our country cause we abuse freedom really badly. Think about it, in other countries you have no rights. You are garbage to them in more ways than your different colors. They dont see your colors overseas, they see your an American black or white and to them thats an awful thing to be called. There is no "N-word" there. They want to kill us all. GET OVER IT.

  • Posted By: Marine#1 @ 11/13/2007 11:59:54 AM

    Comment: This whole ordeal is stupid. Everyone is so eat up about the "N-word". Maybe I've lost my mind, but who is on these wanna be gangster rappers who are using the word. If ya want the word to die out then STOP USING IT. That seems pretty damn easy to me. We got men and women over in that hellhole dying and all you people can worry about is who said the N-word this time. Get a life, if you hear it and dont feel it applies to you then ignore it. The typical American way these days is to see who can make who miserable. I find it strange also how an apology is acceptable from states who participated in slavery, which was a big deal but an apology from a man who used the "N-word" isnt good enough. People just be people and stop getting so offended all the time. People are going to do stupid things especially in our country cause we abuse freedom really badly. Think about it, in other countries you have no rights. You are garbage to them in more ways than your different colors. They dont see your colors overseas, they see your an American black or white and to them thats an awful thing to be called. There is no "N-word" there. They want to kill us all. GET OVER IT.

  • Posted By: revolution @ 11/13/2007 10:08:01 AM

    Comment: May JESUS have mercy on those who bicker and fight over such small things as the differences we have no control over,um like the color of our skin. geeeesh, is this 2007???? sometimes i can't tell, or is it even supposed to be different? What else have we known though, i was born in 1979. WOW.

    • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/13/2007 10:27:50

      Comment: Are you referring to the Hispanic Jesus???????

  • Posted By: HateAll @ 11/13/2007 2:50:05 AM

    Comment: Statistics show that the majority of welfare recipients are Caucasian women; this is because their white men are to busy molesting little children and then killing them. Asians are shooting up schools, stupid chinxs. Achmed is probably planting bombs as we speak. Hispanics are illegally crossing over the border so fast, we can???t even catch their speedy Gonzalez asses. And you all are talking about some dumb red neck that uses the "N" word. That is in their blood, its from all the centuries of being inbreeded. Give me a break losers!! Get a life... losers!! Get a life...

    • Posted By: notavictim3 @ 11/19/2007 15:19:42

      Comment: F-CK YOU !!!!!!!

  • Posted By: HateAll @ 11/13/2007 2:25:11 AM

    Comment: White people typically are serial killers and child molestors. Blacks whine too much, and Achmed, you are probably a terrorist. Everyone shut the **** up. Mexicans are good at cleaning my house, so you are cool. As long as you don't steal my ****. Jews Rule!!!

    • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/13/2007 10:25:51

      Comment: I am discovered. It is true. I have planted a bomb in your sister's genitals.

      • Posted By: HateAll @ 11/15/2007 06:45:06

        Comment: Well Achmed, beware. I am coming from you...You will be the first to go. Pray to ALLLAH. Soon you will be meeting those seven virgins. You have been looking forward to screwing with your small ***.

  • Posted By: mike_jay23 @ 11/12/2007 9:38:10 PM

    Comment: Please forgive my position on the topic, but do consider the area and the place you chose to use the langauge, please allow the group of Black people to not be judge by the select few or many, I have lots of white friends and it would hurt me deeply if I thought that they were referring to me in that matter behind my back, be a man or women and confront your fears and speak with that person on that level to ensure your assumptions are correct. E-5/6 SSGT Lowe USAF Veteran, Boise Idaho African American B.A in Aeronautical Science with Minor In Management, presently pursuing Mechanical Engineering Degree from Bosie State, any Questions or concerns e-mail me at Michaelalowe23@msn.com P.S please forgive my first post it was peer pressure and the spelling errors a little to hyper. Please do not refer to me as a "ignorant N@##@#" for my post.

  • Posted By: mike_jay23 @ 11/12/2007 9:15:24 PM

    Comment: Let's just see how many of these courageous people have the mind set to understand thu, shall not judge...christian KKK, Jewish Israel, Blacks american, all these groups have problem individuals and out of these two groups only one is held to a standard that shapes the entire race "Blacks", there are 180 different hate groups in this country and most of you have just submitted your application to jin one of them by making these ridiculous post comments...I have served this country for eight years and I have to say this is the worst place on the planet America, hate consumes majority of the communities and people to some degree that its painful to know that my time spent is really for nothing because you all still don't get it. You all should be ashamed for the continued argument about a subject that really doesn't matter. What do you tell your kids that all blacks are lazy or blacks are n$$$##@, what then they grow and see that yes there are a slect few that refuse to conform and learn the meaning _ignorant person_ and choose to educate themselves and see the effects that this word has on the identity of the black community. Is there a parent out here that has a child that wears there pants down to their knees, then you should blame the penal system not the black community, that was the way prisoners identified other prisoners as property to someone else, not the black community, whites do it to. If you could not tell I'm Black 32 with 3 children, I live in Idaho the old home of the KKK, and for me it was hard but what do you do, People are ignorant so in some way or another we all are N@##@#!, ignorant people because we fell to learn the person(s) we judge. We choose to judge by the group they represent. People hate Tiger Woods and for what reason I don't know he is one of the most positive Black stars out there, but they still refer to him as the N#$$#$@, on the Tour, See it does'nt matter and for that reason you people need to stop and realize I'm not judging you I simply stating the facts grow up.

  • Posted By: mike_jay23 @ 11/12/2007 9:15:09 PM

    Comment: Let's just see how many of these courageous people have the mind set to understand thu, shall not judge...christian KKK, Jewish Israel, Blacks american, all these groups have problem individuals and out of these two groups only one is held to a standard that shapes the entire race "Blacks", there are 180 different hate groups in this country and most of you have just submitted your application to jin one of them by making these ridiculous post comments...I have served this country for eight years and I have to say this is the worst place on the planet America, hate consumes majority of the communities and people to some degree that its painful to know that my time spent is really for nothing because you all still don't get it. You all should be ashamed for the continued argument about a subject that really doesn't matter. What do you tell your kids that all blacks are lazy or blacks are n$$$##@, what then they grow and see that yes there are a slect few that refuse to conform and learn the meaning _ignorant person_ and choose to educate themselves and see the effects that this word has on the identity of the black community. Is there a parent out here that has a child that wears there pants down to their knees, then you should blame the penal system not the black community, that was the way prisoners identified other prisoners as property to someone else, not the black community, whites do it to. If you could not tell I'm Black 32 with 3 children, I live in Idaho the old home of the KKK, and for me it was hard but what do you do, People are ignorant so in some way or another we all are N@##@#!, ignorant people because we fell to learn the person(s) we judge. We choose to judge by the group they represent. People hate Tiger Woods and for what reason I don't know he is one of the most positive Black stars out there, but they still refer to him as the N#$$#$@, on the Tour, See it does'nt matter and for that reason you people need to stop and realize I'm not judging you I simply stating the facts grow up.

  • Posted By: mjj47 @ 11/12/2007 6:54:21 PM

    Comment: I for one would not have thought that the dog would use such a horrible word, I thought he was a good guy little did I know he had those racial thoughts. The cat is out of the bad and now we all know what he is thinking I am so very disapointed we as black people have had enough torture and pain and being treated like we dont matter or have a say, we are all human beings we all bleed red, we feel pain its a damn shame that this still goes on in our country and those you know who you are should be ashamed of them selves. For one thing we didnt ask to be born black just like white people didnt ask either only true difference is the color of our skin and the meek shall inherit the earth. God have mercy on there souls for they no not what they do.

  • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/12/2007 6:05:19 PM

    Comment: Thank heavens for the sickle cell!

    • Posted By: NubianQueen @ 11/19/2007 13:31:05

      Comment: Thank Heavens for the founding of Meth..Shoot up more die early!!!!!

  • Posted By: southerngirl @ 11/12/2007 5:06:18 PM

    Comment: Being born and raised in the south, my great parents and grandparents did pick cotton at one point in time. I learned early on the meaning of the word and that the n-word was to be used under no circumstances. I don't use it, my parents don't use it, and if I hear any my friends using it I correct them immediately. Why would I call someone something or allow them to call me something that I would not call myself? And I also don't use any terms that disparage any group of people - white, hispanic, asian, you name it. I may not be able to change the whole world but I can change my little slice of it.

  • Posted By: southerngirl @ 11/12/2007 5:00:22 PM

    Comment: The only comments I take issue to in these posts are that "all" black folks use the n-word. Being born and raised in the south, where my great grandparents and grandparents did pick cotton, I learned early that that particular word was one you did not use under any circumstances. I don't say it, my parents don't say it and if I hear my friends say it correct them immediately. Why would I want anyone calling my anything I wouldn't call myself? And by the way . . . I don't use terms that disparage any group of people - white, hispanic, asian, you name it. I can't change the whole world but I can work on my little slice.

  • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/12/2007 12:58:05 PM

    Comment: The n word is nefarious. It's a good word, but *** don't understand it.

  • Posted By: Retired M.I. @ 11/12/2007 11:19:08 AM

    Comment: To Texasgirl no doubt you are white. Texas, the new head of the Old ass south

    • Posted By: Marine#1 @ 11/15/2007 11:27:58

      Comment: Look Retired Male Inmate, she makes since.

  • Posted By: Retired M.I. @ 11/12/2007 11:15:43 AM

    Comment: The N word. Will we never hear the last of this racist word. There is no excuse for anyone to use it. Blacks that use the N word try to justify it, others use it because they ARE racist. It is a no win situation foranyone to use this racially hatful tern.

  • Posted By: texasgirl @ 11/12/2007 8:07:56 AM

    Comment: I think this argument is old news. Unless the african-american community is willing to censor its own then what right do they have to censor anyone else. What about BET and the Black Businessmens Association. Is this not racist? I have lived in the South and have heard first hand African-Americans calling each other the "n" word.

  • Posted By: beantwn chck @ 11/11/2007 2:13:30 PM

    Comment: i ran the red light b/c i saw someone else do it, great fallical argument. I do wrong b/c you do it too. Wto generalizing "black America" if you use it we can use it, this is ridiculous! like slavery neve happened, you do owe something white america established themselves in power and you reap the benefits, what if the Indians hadn't showed the Europeans how to survive, what if they weren't destroyed from small pox, NO white personn would be living in America, tooo lazy to til the land you reap the benefits, blacks had their own cities but poor whites were jealous and destroyed them. you are reaping the benefits, I;m tired of hearing stop grippin GIVE ME BACK MY LANGUAGE, LAND, DIAMONDS, GOLD start over without stelaing my wealth, albinos!

  • Posted By: bellalucero @ 11/10/2007 2:48:56 PM

    Comment: newsflash - I don't know where you live, but I have seen (with my very own eyes) Mexicans picking in cotton in North Carolina. Do your research, instead of assuming things based on your idealistic view of the world.

  • Posted By: Thoughtful1 @ 11/09/2007 7:42:03 PM

    Comment: Wow. Very insightful, and I believe very wise words from Mr. Alston, this column's author. I am a 42 yr old black woman, happily dating a white man, so of course this hits home, and is painful. But I agree that our energies should be spent on fighting back racism institutionally. I believe in bottom line RESULTS, helping to make POSITIVE CHANGE, not in being angry or retaliatory towards whomever doesn't like me or my race, which doesn't change them; it only hurts me. I like what a famous gospel singer said just recently at a concert I attended, and I'll paraphrase..."people will hate you for some reason or another, if you're too smart or too dumb, black or white, rich or poor, up or down, so stop worrying about them and trying to please (or change) them. It doesn't work. Live to PLEASE GOD and HE'LL make it all right!" I have basically believed in and lived that philosophy all my life, and have found it to be true.

  • Posted By: newsflash @ 11/09/2007 3:37:17 PM

    Comment: IN TODAY's SOCIETY..black people; you are not and have not previously been enslaved personally. Mexicans (myself included); do not and have not picked cotton in america. and white people; you are not being over ran by minorities, according to demographics the white percentage will always be higher.

    IF a white person choooses to use the N word, please dont gripe and moan about it because it is not going to get them to stop accodring to the first amendment.. and When they create organizations like the NAACP because they think you are racist for using the N word ..please dont moan and gripe about how you live in a "black america"

  • Posted By: newsflash @ 11/09/2007 3:21:09 PM

    Comment: They are racial terms for every group, black, white, hispanic, asian, etc.. and ALL GROUPS HAVE SUFFERED in the past. The thing is now we live in modern day America. You nor I, nor any American who is living in today's society does not suffer the way any of our ancestors did in the past. So i think it is time that all races accept that we honestly do all have the same opppotunities to succeed and make life what we want it to be. Of course some people have it easier than others, BUT ONLY as far as financially, not of opportunity, nor education. I think it is important for me to mention my race now so i am not believed to have a bias opinion; i am mexican-american ( 3/4 mexican, 1/4 white). I have gone to "ghetto" schools and i have gone to " preppy" schools. And although the enviorenment changes, the will to learn between students did not. There were in both schools, people that blew off school..skipped school...and didnt give a *** about it... there were the ones that really wanted to learn and both white/black students getting straight A's and going to college. ANYONE's LIVES AS THEY GET OLDER HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH america being unfair. ITS SOCIETY, those who work hard, succeed. Those who mooch off others, and focus on unimportant things not pertaining to their future..have a much harder life, whether they are black, white, mexican, puerto rican, or asian. All races live in trailer parks and in ghettos now a days.

    There are two main points;
    1) IT IS JUST HOW ITS GOING TO BE. you cant change a person if they dont want to change...
    if they are going to say the " N WORD" they are going to say it, so dont moan and grip about it as if you, personally were enslaved. and if you want to use the " N WORD" and be racist, by all means do it, but dont moan and grip about how we are a "black america" when they create organizations like the NAACP because they think you are not going to be fair because they think you are racist.

    2) Like i said, we all suffered... blacks; you are not a slave and were not. mexicans (myself); i did not pick cotton nor did my parents, whites; You are not being over ran and becoming the minority of the country lets face it white will always win in the percentages of demographics. You still have the same damn job opportunities as you did before. You get what you work for in this country. And honestly i dont remember meeting a white nor black CEO who got to where he was, by bitching and moaning for what "he is sick and tired of " he just did the hard work.

  • Posted By: tiredifbeingsickandtired @ 11/09/2007 2:12:54 PM

    Comment: I will go through this ignorant statement sentence by sentence: Amen!!(What you're about to say isn't very Christian like, now is it?) Its about time for white people to start standing up for themselves and stop letting "black america" make us feel like we owe them something. (Unfortunately, we don't have white privilege!) By the way...we are paying your way through life because our tax money (Do you pay taxes?) is providing the welfare checks(Welfare like most other programs was created for white america) and the college funds (Scholarships are available, as are loans as are college funds for all people) for your families. And the nerve to still be hollering for your "reperations"! White people only owe it to themselves to be proud of their race (you won't even admit that all human origin started in Africa which means your black) and the fact that they are hard-working citizens (Whites are the only hard workers? Your "people" obtained 400 years of free labor) making the future for their own families better(Is your future the only one that counts?) because of that. By the way...I am Irish and very proud of it... my people were(keyword is were) ridiculed and still have our sterotypes(isn't this whole statement a sterotype?)...but thats life....get over yourselves black people(Have you ever read a book?)!!!!

    • Posted By: t9900 @ 11/09/2007 15:12:35

      Comment: What a pathetic ignorant comment.

  • Posted By: aceofspades @ 11/09/2007 12:25:21 PM

    Comment: You is a dum white trash fer sure. I be tired of reeding about how yous thinks we be da bad guys and its becuz you kant dance dats all it be. I do gettin a skolarship to the Univercity of Darth Vader right there in Del Rio and I is get a deegree. Then we be seeing who da boss is gonna make da igsexutave.

    • Posted By: tiredifbeingsickandtired @ 11/09/2007 14:14:04

      Comment: This is by far the dumbest comment ever, please don't think a Black person wrote this, it was probably some ignorant white person.

      • Posted By: t9900 @ 11/09/2007 15:14:29

        Comment: And you think a black person didn't write this? Sometimes some black people do type like this.
        You are stereotyping white people. good job. Now everything you say can be considered ignorant trash.

      • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/09/2007 14:38:10

        Comment: Why do you think anyone would surmise that it was written by a black person as opposed to a white person?

      • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/09/2007 14:37:29

        Comment: Why do you think anyone would surmise that it was written by a black person as opposed to a white person?

  • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/09/2007 12:00:06 PM

    Comment: FLASH!

    Just hit the newswires:

    Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson (with the support of Marion Barry and in the memory of Adam Clayton Powell) are going to have legislation introduced to have the letter N removed from the alphabet. Sharpton told a group of journalists stading at a neighborhood hot-dog vendor that he expects to have the full support of progressive members of congress and will be calling Tawana Brawley and selected member s of the Duke University lacrosse team to speak at rallies.

  • Posted By: rj45 @ 11/09/2007 11:48:49 AM

    Comment: First off, "Black America" doesn't use the N-word. Ignorant people, no matter what race they are use it. And I'm not sure what you think you owe us. The only thing we want is the same respect all HUMANS deserve. I don' t know what school you went to or the quality of your education system in the city you grew up in. But besides the 40 acres and a mule that was promised to the slaves when they were freed, which they never got; we are not taught to expect are want anything from any races. Instead we are taught that with hard work and a good education we can achieve our own goals. We don't want or need reparations. And just for your information there are more white people on welfare than there are minorities. There is something called the freedom of information which all people have the right to. Maybe you should use it sometimes. While I know that there are those in the black community that are everything you have called them to be. That is not the mind set of the majority of those in the black community. Now if I was to go around thinking all White people were racist and apart of the KKK, just because of what I saw on TV or what someone told me. That would make me an ignorant person. But since I have 1) Common sense, 2) A good education, which was paid for by my hard work and my tax dollars. I don't think that way. I had the courage to step outside of the box and not prejudge anyone based on stereotypes. And to be honest with you I look forward to the day where the NAACP has been disbanded, because on that day it will mean people actually judge people by the content of there character and not by the color of there skin. And on this weekend when I celebrate with my fellow veterans, I won't be mad at people like you because we fought and many have died for you right to say it.

  • Posted By: rj45 @ 11/09/2007 11:48:30 AM

    Comment: First off, "Black America" doesn't use the N-word. Ignorant people, no matter what race they are use it. And I'm not sure what you think you owe us. The only thing we want is the same respect all HUMANS deserve. I don' t know what school you went to or the quality of your education system in the city you grew up in. But besides the 40 acres and a mule that was promised to the slaves when they were freed, which they never got; we are not taught to expect are want anything from any races. Instead we are taught that with hard work and a good education we can achieve our own goals. We don't want or need reparations. And just for your information there are more white people on welfare than there are minorities. There is something called the freedom of information which all people have the right to. Maybe you should use it sometimes. While I know that there are those in the black community that are everything you have called them to be. That is not the mind set of the majority of those in the black community. Now if I was to go around thinking all White people were racist and apart of the KKK, just because of what I saw on TV or what someone told me. That would make me an ignorant person. But since I have 1) Common sense, 2) A good education, which was paid for by my hard work and my tax dollars. I don't think that way. I had the courage to step outside of the box and not prejudge anyone based on stereotypes. And to be honest with you I look forward to the day where the NAACP has been disbanded, because on that day it will mean people actually judge people by the content of there character and not by the color of there skin. And on this weekend when I celebrate with my fellow veterans, I won't be mad at people like you because we fought and many have died for you right to say it.

  • Posted By: smitty96 @ 11/09/2007 11:37:48 AM

    Comment: This comment is directed to the idiots who think white people should stand up to BLACK CORPRITE AMERICA, I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY, what black corp. America that???s just another excuse for you people to use to keep the BLACK on WHITE on BROWN problem going just let it go if you cant handle the way things are here in America then you should pack up and take your ass somewhere else because black people did not create this problem and I don???t think anyone in this world owe me anything, until you take something from me then you have a problem, but all black people don???t think like that you people need???s to stop with this *** just stop this has gone on long enough JUST STOP. I am 40yr old black man and I like the DOG I don???t think he is a raciest because when you get mad at someone or something you don???t think before you speak it just comes out that don???t mean you are a raciest the DOG was mad so leave the man alone.

  • Posted By: smitty96 @ 11/09/2007 11:36:59 AM

    Comment: This comment is directed to the idiots who think white people should stand up to BLACK CORPRITE AMERICA, I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY, what black corp. America that???s just another excuse for you people to use to keep the BLACK on WHITE on BROWN problem going just let it go if you cant handle the way things are here in America then you should pack up and take your ass somewhere else because black people did not create this problem and I don???t think anyone in this world owe me anything, until you take something from me then you have a problem, but all black people don???t think like that you people need???s to stop with this *** just stop this has gone on long enough JUST STOP. I am 40yr old black man and I like the DOG I don???t think he is a raciest because when you get mad at someone or something you don???t think before you speak it just comes out that don???t mean you are a raciest the DOG was mad so leave the man alone.

  • Posted By: Achmed Naroobi @ 11/09/2007 11:34:18 AM

    Comment:
    What???s all the crap with the ???N??? word anyway? ???N??? is not a word ??? it???s a letter. The word is ***. Johnnie Cochrane got us to using the ???N??? for the word. The word is a bad word, but it???s no worse than the ???K??? word for Jews, the ???W??? word for Italians. Etc.

  • Posted By: genie1 @ 11/09/2007 10:36:12 AM

    Comment: Its good to see white people who take a stand against "black america"! For my whole life text books and TV shows had tried brainwashing everyone into thinking we owe black people something. I dont owe anyboby anything but myself...and that is to be a proud, hardworking, mother, wife, and friend. I shouldnt have to go out of my way to be nice to a people who have absolutely no respect for anything or anybody...people who dont work...people that get my tax money to pay for their welfare and their college educations. Yet all you ever hear about is reperations..reperation...I think you get your reperations...your just too stupid to realize or appreciate it. I am a proud white woman and I refuse to let society try and make me feel ashamed of myself for being white...it'll never happen! There should be another NAACP....National Association for the Advancement of Caucsian People!! We need it too and we deserve it!!

    • Posted By: poeticdee @ 11/14/2007 00:06:23

      Comment: At first I wasn't going to entertain you but it appears as if you need a prayer. I will pray for you as well as your kids. The only one who has been brainwashed is you. I'm not talking about the N word or the fact that you think you owe a black person anything. You're right, you don't. However, you do owe your family the right to learn about people of all races because one day your dumb butt won't be around and the kids will be too ignorant to know that everyone in one race isn't lazy and on welfare. It appears as if you're the one who fit this criteria because you seem to be undereducated. In areas where I live, there are more white women on the streets in black ghettos than there are black. Who's paying for their kids that are in the system as well as the ones that are not just black but all races? I own my own cars (paid in full), I worked and my family works also. My grandfather left this physical life not having any unpaid debts. God forbid if one of your children get sick and needs a life saving operation and someone shows up who has been on welfare and used your (our) tax money to get an education have to save their lives... genie1, God loves you and so do I...

    • Posted By: 1justice @ 11/12/2007 16:26:09

      Comment: Poor genie...maybe you should start the association. However, it's probably best that you learn how to spell Caucasian first.

      • Posted By: jackson123343 @ 11/13/2007 22:31:38

        Comment: If you really knew anything about American history you would be dumbfounded. But you already are. The reason whites will not tell the true story of American history is because it would show what kind of horrible people your ancestors were. There is alot more than meets the eye on all of this. Whites are still trying to cover up history and they know if the truth comes out they will have even more to be unproud of..

    • Posted By: 1justice @ 11/12/2007 16:19:13

      Comment: Why don't you start the Association...and by the way learn how to spell Caucasian. Maybe you should be ashamed of your writing abilities or the lack there of.

  • Posted By: Country1013 @ 11/09/2007 10:15:48 AM

    Comment: People who use the N-word inappropriately like "DOG" Chapman are IGNORANT. It is NOT about African Americans always wanting something to "gripe" about...ITs about RESPECT.
    If you don't know the culture of a people, you can't delight in it. If you don't have respect for that culture, no you can't call someone the N-Word, just because you hear someone else
    saying it. RACISM is being exposed in all arenas. There are plenty of racist in the world who use the N-word maliciously, and regardless, if this is the case then I think African Americans should have the right to "gripe"...I think if people use the word knowing that it is inappropriate then they should be held accountable.

  • Posted By: shut-it! @ 11/09/2007 10:11:26 AM

    Comment: I'll say it...***, ***, ***! OMG y'all are still alive! who gives a care anymore! If African American's were so upset about the word, they would stop using it themselves! so shut up...and grow up! OH! and yes, i'm white! and I use the word Cracker, so feel free to do so also!

  • Posted By: t9900 @ 11/09/2007 9:52:21 AM

    Comment: "Comment: Who are you to say what she is or is not. No one is playing the race card but this REDNECKis using a negative language to promote himself. and its worse that his own family is turning a solid cheek to him as well. As a black communuty people young and old are fighting to stop these artist from using the N word but at the same time white people have no privilege what so ever to even mum the word. We have been in turmoil for 400 years and then some by whites. White people cant be racist towards NO DAMN MINORITY because of the bullshit you all have put us through."

    Alex, no. We didn't put you through anything. Infact if you ever learned US history you would learn that it was a white man who freed the slaves because he thought it was white. It was white men that died fighting the south, the ones that wanted to kepp slaves. We can be as rascist to you, becuase you are rascist torwards us. You don't think thats true. Just look at your own comment. REDNECK. That rascist. Learn about history fool.

    "opinionsqueen252 @ 11/07/2007 8:47:46 PM
    Comment: i am so sick of hearing that blck people bring it on themselves. every race says what they want to about themselves. I know people at work who are irish that make drinking jokes and i know people who are jewish who say they're cheap and i know people who are fat who have fat jokes and people who are special needs call themselves retards and i am very sure that "little people" call themselves midgettes all day. If we can't socially call these people what they call themselves then I damn sure have the right to call myself a "N" all day long if i choose to. I can't go in the mall and because I over hear a stranger say she is overweight I call her a cow. Shut up. I can say it, you can't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
    You are the dumbest person on Earth. Besides being rascist because you think black people can say something and white people can not, you have no right to say that you can say something and we can't. Thats just retarded. You sound like someone who would fall in line with a murdering dictator.

    Get real people. Todays white people had nothing to do with slavery or seggragation. Every educated person has forgiven German, Italian, or Japanese soldiers for fighting for the axis during WWII. We've forgiven Soviet leaders. We've forgiven the British and are past enemies. We've forgiven people who were our enemies 15 years and yet black people still hold a grudge against white people for something that SOME of the white people OF THAT TIME PEROID did OVER 120 YEARS AGO.

  • Posted By: yogurtman @ 11/09/2007 9:45:39 AM

    Comment: first off i'm not racist. But I am tired of "African Americans" griping about being called the N-word when they say it themselves. It's pure ignorance. We white people don't get mad when they call us things like "craker". We should do the same thing they do to us. Get mad and run our mouthes.

  • Posted By: whhsgurl @ 11/09/2007 6:51:10 AM

    Comment: I think that the N word is not appropriate, but all of the black people use it, so stop mouthing about it. i understand the history of all of this, but if they bring it up and call us names, then we should be able to use that. not so much to be racist, but to be fair. I think that the "Black America" has pushed this issue too far and it is ridiculous. grow up

    • Posted By: jackson123343 @ 11/13/2007 22:36:22

      Comment: Yours is such a stupid comment. All of you need a real history lesson. I don't see the media, film industry or record industry going around promoting the words Cracker or Redneck at every turn to our youth, and making money off of it. White folks will never change, I don't know why anybody is looking for a change in them. Hatred and injustice is breed in mostly all of whites..

    • Posted By: yogurtman @ 11/09/2007 09:33:30

      Comment: You are so right. They are just looking for something to gripe about.

  • Posted By: whhsgurl @ 11/09/2007 6:48:06 AM

    Comment: I don't think that anyone should be able to use that word. Not even black people. That was a word that was used a very long time ago and I think that it should be put into the past. there is no sense in making a big deal now, but in the future, there should be no use of the word unless it is in a historically correct movie or biography.

  • Posted By: galva*girl @ 11/09/2007 2:41:02 AM

    Comment: sorry helio100 when you ASSume things like Dog uses that word on a daily basis you make an ... well you know the rest. perhaps "Black America" should pull their mouths out of the gutter and stop using the "n" word. i will never understand why people like you can call someone names but get offended when someone else calls someone a name. you are just a little high and mighty! there are good and bad of every race but people need to stop generalizing nationalities. example just cause i am of german and irish decent does not make me a nazi leprechan. if people want to be treated equal they must act equal and quit calling foul everytime something happens to some how benifit them. if blacks should enjoy special treatment like college educations handed to them on silver platters perhaps "my people" should enjoy similar treatment for the tough times we have gone thru!! don't agree then maybe you can see how ridiculous "Black America" has become!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: galva*girl @ 11/09/2007 1:43:13 AM

    Comment: if "black america" wants to stop hearing th "n" word why don't they stop using it themselves.

  • Posted By: helios100 @ 11/08/2007 7:02:22 PM

    Comment: Like we didn't already know that Dog uses the Nword - c'mon people, get real. Two separate issues 1. Dog is trailer trash / mullet trash / cracker trash and Nword is probably everyday conversation - where's the surprise. 2. "Black America" is looking for yet another redirect of attention away from general disappointing performance. BTW - why is it OK to call someone cracker but N is off limits?

  • Posted By: jskyyy @ 11/08/2007 5:10:29 PM

    Comment: cupoftea7: if you think the effects of slavery ended with actual slaves and slave owners, think again and read a book or two. If blacks could go to college for free or at a reduced rate then how come I have tens of thousands of dollars in college debt? Your remarks are ill-informed and thoughtless. Unfortunately there are a lot of folks that think like yourself. You obviously think that racism involves just the n-word.

  • Posted By: jskyyy @ 11/08/2007 5:10:16 PM

    Comment: cupoftea7: if you think the effects of slavery ended with actual slaves and slave owners, think again and read a book or two. If blacks could go to college for free or at a reduced rate then how come I have tens of thousands of dollars in college debt? Your remarks are ill-informed and thoughtless. Unfortunately there are a lot of folks that think like yourself. You obviously think that racism involves just the n-word.