N-Word allowed?
 

As I was driving to work this morning, the radio station that I listen to everyday stated that they would no longer edit out the N-word in any of the music that it plays. According to the DJ, it costs too much money and time to edit each song. He talked about how the N-word is more acceptable and you'll here it on TV shows more often. He also said that other radio stations are doing this as well.

What are your thoughts? After he made the announcement, people started to call into the station. There were several people who called to say that they would no longer listen to the station or let their children listen. One caller, a local rapper, said that he thinks it is a good idea they don't edit the N-word because in his book he feels that the issues of the past don't affect him because he wasn't born in those days. :rolleyes:

well...I hardly listen to the radio...
I knew somehow that this situation would come about one day...
and when that one day would come about...it would all boil down to money
some may argue that is about freedom of speech...that is the right of the artist to say whatever they want...
the only peeps that find it acceptable are those who go get the cds with the explicit lyrics...that is their choice...
but radio play is different...EVERYONE listens to it..
to me its like...giving the ok...to start calling every AA the n word..ok...now i guess it will be ok to call caucasians the k word...
I swear peeps forget the important matters that effect the society...they can make expense videos, buy $5,000 purses own 15 cars...but you know...money makes the world go round...

I am confused...who pays for the music to be edited...the radio station or the artist...?

Just out of curiousity...do you know if this is a locally owned station or if it's owned by one of the big conglomerates like Infinity or Clear Channel?

I think it is locally owned. I can't find any other information on the webpage.

This is just my opinion why are people wanting to boycott the station for not bleeping the word out... but not wanting to boycott the artist for using the word in the first place.:(

Society is toppelin. It's about to be anything goes in a few years.

Good question/point.

I think your point is valid. But just as AngelicWings stated, the artist can say pretty much what he/she wants to and it is up to the individual to decide if he/she wants to purchase the cd. But the radio station has listeners of all types who may not generally purchase music from artist who use that type of language. Many of the people who called felt that the radio station has a responsibility to look out for the best interest of its young audience.

Re: N-Word allowed?
 

I would condone someone mushing him in the forehead. Hopefully, it will wake his brain up. :o

It's the station's job to bleep out the word, most stations do. The artist who used the word is a separate issue. The station is in control of what goes on at the station. People say cuss words and use derogatory phrases everyday on the radio (artists and regular people calling in) and stations have the TASK of bleeping them out.

If these people who would chose to boycott the station would boycott the artist this would force the hand of the artist. Since it all is just a matter of economics the artist would be force to tone it down.............if these people really want to boycott the station they should boycott the station for playing music by artist that needs to have words bleeped out in the first place.

Again, it is the radio station's JOB to be in control of what they disseminate to their audience. The parent companies of these stations hold them to that standard and so should the public. People DO boycott stations for not bleeping out words in music. I also distinctly remember a boycott in VA when a station played Luda's song "You'z a Ho" during the day. The argument was that you can't really bleep out the whole song, so it shouldn't be played during the day. But, these albums have parental advisory stickers and capitalism speaks louder than morality in America, so boycotting the artist is a MUCH LONGER haul than boycotting the stations.

So, boycotting the artist AND the station can occur simultaneously. No one said you have to choose one or the other. Results are simply seen more quickly with the stations than the artists.

I think that people are mainly upset with the station because this station does a lot for the community. They are always broadcasting from some community center and or school. A few months ago, they hosted an event to get African Americans to get tested to become bone marrow donors. They are constantly having informationals for elementary/middle school students to keep them from smoking. They have political commentary every morning (my primary reason for listening). So for the station owners to decide against editing the N-word because it cost too much, made many of its viewers feeling dissappointed.

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This post was funny.

This is issue is sad, but I saw it coming, just not this soon. Does this station realize that they are about to cause a lot of "non-ethnic" people to get injured because they will feel like it is ok to use that word now?

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I don't think they even thought about that issue. But then again, whether or not the radio station edits it or not, "non-ethnic" people are the main ones buying the cds. So if they started using the N-word(as far as we know, they could be using it now), I guess we really couldn't blame it on the radio station at all.