/Rant, but true 1. I don't condone men hitting women.....just wanna put that out there. 2. When one black person does something stupid...that reflects on them. NOT the race as a whole. Why do people always assume that when something negative happens. If a black man kills somebody we here the whole "THEY are so violent" thing. If a black man graduates from an IVY league school or has a good job you rarely, if ever hear " THEY are doing well". You hear "HE is doing well" or "HE only got that because of affirmative action" Black people are not monolithic stop assuming that. 3. "African-Americans" don't casually use it in the media.....only a few do (relative to the population at whole) There are approx. 43 million AAs in the U.S. and growing (don't have the figures from this years sentence). Of this 43 million, how many have you hear using the n-word. Serious question....give me a ball park figure and lets figure out the percentage. To date I have never seen the majority of this 43 million population use the word. 4. African-Americans are not monolithic...and we, as a whole, do not victimize ourselves. We really don't do anything together as a whole. Its hard to coordinate the every movement of 43 million people. 5. Get your head out of the sand / Rant ends here
nobody thinks that all black people are like this.... if they do they're racist and ignorant.. but this thread is about black culture.... and not every body IS the stereotype..or else it wouldn't be a stereo type it'd be truth. if it doesn't apply to you, don't take offense..
On the contrary, there are many who think all black people are like that. and many who feel most black people are like that. This thread isn't about black culture, its about the use of the N-word in relationship to other ethnic groups. Taking offense to a stereotype happens b/c even though it may not be me, people look to apply it to me anyway.
Quite a few people think like this. This thread isn't about black culture....and this statement is exactly what I'm talking about. There are approx 1 billion black people on this planet. We don't have one "culture". AA culture differs from West Indian culture which differs from S.A black culture. Of course everybody isn't the stereotype but that is the perception we are shown.....it happens in the news papers all the time. But it does apply to me, because ignorant people lump me in with the one or two black people they happened to see in passing one day.
That seems the words of that black speaker... but it brings up the familial kinda tie where you can get away with more with your own family and friends than outsiders can. You can tell your brother "Shut up you f****n #$@!% " And my example I said earlier, you can call your wife a nasty little b**** out of the UNIQUE mutual fondness you already have that no one else has. But anyone else says the same words to your brother or wife they're getting their ass beat. (Or anyone says that to a "brotha", same thing) I guess Its kinda similar dynamics with black people or any other particular group of people. Its like a big extended dysfunctional family that stretches across the country. You have to be a special somebody within families to get special perks. Just how it is...
It could be an entitlement thing. Where some people are "not allowed" to say it, so they're itching to say it in order to rebel.
The people who want to use it, use it. I think your just trying to feel privileged which is fine because genetics did not grant you much in the brains dept.
well clearly we are talking about african american culture... just because im white doesnt mean i live in a trailer park.. just because im hispanic doesn't mean im illegal.. just because im chinese doesn't mean im good at school.. fill in the blank.. i get that, but right now in this conversation, i'm talking about the culture that fits the stereotypes criteria, and i don't assume all black people fall under this..
On the topic about white people's use of the N-word. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38684474/?gt1=43001 Dr. Laura apologizes for using N-word during radio show 'I, myself, realized I had made a horrible mistake,' radio-show host writes LOS ANGELES — Talk radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has issued an apology for saying the N-word several times in an on-air conversation with a caller that she said was "hypersensitive" to racism. Schlessinger said on her website Wednesday that she was wrong in using the word for what she called an attempt to make a philosophical point. "I articulated the N-word all the way out — more than one time," Schlessinger said in comments from the opening of her radio show that she posted on her site. "And that was wrong. I'll say it again — that was wrong." She said she "realized I had made a horrible mistake, and was so upset, I could not finish the show." Schlessinger said she pulled herself off the air at the end of the hour. During the exchange on Tuesday's show, Schlessinger said the woman who called herself Jade was too sensitive for complaining that her husband's friends made racist comments about her in their home. ( Listen to the audio on MediaMatters.org.) When the woman asked if the N-word was offensive, Dr. Laura said "black guys say it all the time," then went on to repeat it several times. chlessinger did not direct the epithet at the woman, but said she used it to suggest how often she hears it, and that it should not automatically be cause for offense. When the caller objected, Schlessinger replied: "Oh, then I guess you don't watch HBO or listen to any black comedians." Schlessinger also said that if the caller did not have a sense of humor about race, she shouldn't have entered into an interracial marriage.
just heard about the Dr. Laura. Don't think she really needed to apologize as she was using it as a reference to rappers using it...but i understand that you have to issue one for PR sake. I guess she should have put a beat on and it would have been ok. Using it at someone to try to insult them is wrong, of course. cracker out.
