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Originally posted by lovelyivy84:
I agree WHOLEHEARTEDLY with a lot of what you say, but I just have to say that ain't no white person CONVINCE US that the word nigger was somehow positive, or that we should use it. Every white person who has ever used it has known exactly what they meant, just like the people they saiud it too, and I GUARANTEE none of them were thinking it meant "my fine upstanding African-AMerican citizen". I think that's something we need to take the blame for, and now it's biting us in the butt because how in the Hell are we going to protest over J-Lo when some of us use it every other word to NO COMMENT from the rest of us? I didn't see any campaigns started when R. kelly used that word damn near 100 times in the remix of I Wish, so why are we so hot and bothered about J. Lo?
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I have to agree with lovelyivy84. The N-word is offensive...PERIOD. Whether used by African-Americans or non-African-Americans, the word is by definition negative and shouldn't be used by (of ALL people) our OWN. If we're going to start a campaign against the use of the N-word, it should be across the board (meaning against everyone who uses the word), not directed towards one person in particular (b/c I'm sure she wasn't the first and won't be the last). We can't assume that every use of this term by African-Americans is meant to have a positive conotation, just like we can't assume that every use of this term by non-African-Americans is meant to have a negative conotation. If we have a problem with the use of N-word by J-Lo before we've even heard her side of the story on what she means by it, then we should have a problem with it's use by anyone. Let's not be hypocritical.
That's just my $19.13 worth and I'm out!
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