But, if a food channel celebrity admits to using the "N" wordtwenty years ago to describe an Afro-American "N" - word who shoved a loaded weapon in her face, robbed the bank she was working atand scared her witless, so badly that sherefused to come out of her home for twenty year, then she's a tarnished woman while the assailant is not a "N" word, even though the majority of white and blacks probably believe him to be.
America want to punish with zestthe unarmed white woman who was robbed. Paula Deen, should be criticized for her make up, her use of butter, and for the white goof she married, that's fair game. But, now America has decided that the white, richbitchmust be punished, financially ruined, driven to a mental collapsebecause she called the freaking "N" word an "N" - word, instead of a "disgruntled Afro-American-Black-Negro-Colored Person, or, person of color when telling to her husband the man that robbed her earlier that day by pointing a lethal weapon inches away from her head. Have you ever had a gun shoved into your face and threatened to be killed if you didn't comply with the armed robber. If they robber was a career criminal with a long history of violence and crime don't you think you might call him a freakin' "N-word" and every other word you could think of, if you were in her shoes and soiled underpants.
When a Black comedian, like Paul Mooney,uses the "N"-word inhis act it is hilarious and the audiences erupt in uproarious laughter, e.g., the M.C. juices up the crowd with this intro:"Here he is -one of America Greatest N-Word - Negro Damus. The Nigga's Seer!"
When Black novelists, like Eldridge Cleaver,uses it inhis passionatenovels, Soul on Ice ,or, at one of his collegelectures it is considered "art"; areflection of urban life, the language of the "hood".People get it. At Oakland college he said, about the dimly lighted room, "It's as dark in here as the inside of a @!$%#'s @!$%#",sending the nearlyall white, all right college audience rolling inthe aisles with uncontrollable laughter.But, today, when an old Southern white woman, arich foodie celebrityfrom the South, admits tohaving used it twenty years ago to describe a freaking "N" word armed robber, it's a national disgrace. Go figure.
Solution: Don't admit to using it. Don't admit to anything, is what career criminal learn in their lifetime of crime.It ain't like we haven't heard it before. Perhaps, Congress should pass a resolution prohibiting the use of the "N" word completely. It would be a great way for Republicans to appeal to Afro-American-Blacks-Colored-Negroes Voters turned off by their racist policiesand, perhaps, Re-Puritans coulddrawAfro-American Votersback into the party of avowed "racism". Voters have fallen for a lot less.
My "N" word friends tell me that"N" words usesthe "N" wordlike salt and pepper to season their everyday conversation and no one call the police. Are we becoming a civil nation too polite, too sensitive, too shocked to useimpolite words even in the privacy of our own homes? Where are the Tea Republican Constitutional Liberty folks on this issue? "We reserve the right to call people anything we damn well please, in our homes, in our place of businesses or the local taverns where we spend most of our time discussing politics with other drunks."
Hispanics are frequently referred to as "Aliens" in the mainstream media,even if they are not from Mars. "Wop" is a colloquialism used by non-Italians to describe their neighbors, who are jealous because they can't cook as well, and, aren't as good looking.Blacks often refer to Jews as "Hebs", in a pejorative manner and called Caucasians, "White Crackers". even though they know that white peopleare not made by Nabisco, Pillsbury, or, other cracker producers. It's just there way of having fun.
Whatword offend you? Should we encourage our inebriated legislators to pass less gas and moreadditional legislation to stop the proliferation of the use of offensive words?
For instance, the word "Slut", to mehas a nice sloppy, sensuous sound to it and may be used as an admiring "adjective", or, aderogatory word to describe ones mother, as in: "You Slut! I love that dress, or, "You Slut, that is not my father, and neither was the last five men you brought home. I am 35 years old. I should know my own father." Or, a scenario similar to these examples.
And, then, of course that"F" word that offends so many Evangelical Born Again Re-Puritans, "Fun".
What word offend you? Please comment in the appropriate section or I will bust your f*&^%$# as*, you cu&%, b-word, fag*&^.
Little by little the entire alphabet is becoming personae non gratis! First it was the N-word, which I agree is hurtful, gross and despicable. Then, it was the B-Word, often used to describe Ann Colture, the Fox TV B-Word.Today, it is improper, impolite to use the R-Word as in referring to our retarded past president, George W. Bust. We can't use the C-word, which I love, or, the Slut word, which is meant often as a compliment.
What prohibitive word do you miss the most?
I Miss The N-Word
Suz: Who is Elwin Wilson?
I agree with your assessment - Paula Deen should be forgiven for her comments. This is all "Much Ado About Nothing" and a deliberate shake down for money by disgruntled former employees.
Words, especially the n-word can be devastatingly hurtful to African American children and is a stinging racial slurs that can last a life time. It is rarely used in public, private or polite society. But, Afro-American have not abandoned its use nor condemn those in their community who use it like seasoning to spice up their often incomprehensible, inarticulate conversations that are deliberately designed to prevent non black, straight people and law enforcement from understanding what is being communicated.
Afro-American/Blacks/Negroes/Colored Folks/Colored People/People of Color would better be served, in my humbled by the weathering of decades, byfocusing on the nearly uncontrolledcriminal behavior in their community and less on what someone allegedly what someone said about a black armed robber - in private.