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Originally posted by Exquisite5
Also, has anyone checked out the book nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word? I think that is the title, I know for sure the first word is nigger. Its written by a black Harvard professor..of English,I think. He talks about Nigger's evolution and how because of rap and nigga, and black colloquialisms, the word nigger is no longer what it used to be....both in power and its ability to demean. I haven't read the book, but saw the author, the comic Monique, Tempest Bledsoe, and some rock star discussing it on Politically Incorrect. I'm thinking of buying the book, if only to see what exactly he has to say.
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Yes; I bought it last summer. I have not had the chance to really sit down and read it, but I've heard it's quite the read (per kitten03's and others' reviews). It was published four (4) years ago and got special attention on an episode of
Boston Public a few years ago. I saw him on
Politically Incorrect as well (I'm a big Bill Maher fan...watch
Real Time faithfully).
Here is the author's bio from the book:
"Randall Kennedy received his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his law degree from Yale. He was a Rhodes Scholar and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall before joining the faculty of the Harvard Law School. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Association, and the American Law Institute, Mr. Kennedy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts."
As far as the incident in question is concerned, I agree with previous posters in regards to *context*. But, it's wrong no matter which way you cut it.
