The "N" word -----again!
Hopefully someone out there is an MTV Real World/ Road Rules fan like me. If so, did you happen to catch last night's episode? It was soley devoted to Ayanna's (the only African-American female on the RR team) being kicked off the show. Long story short, a white-male cast mate made a joke using the "N" word. Ayanna totally lost it and struck him. Granted I would have totally flipped. The "N" word is unacceptable however, neither is violence. In the end where I should have felt offended and sided with her, I found myself feeling compassionate towards the white male. One reason being, was that he has no knowledge of the level of offense African-Americans take with this word (he is Norweign. His exact words were "I hear you people call each other "Ni**er" all the time, how was I to know that it was an racial slur"
Dang y'all! How the heck is it that in 2001 there are still people (black and white) that don't know that using this word is totally unacceptable regardless of your race.
I once heard someone say that they can use it because they own their blackness. How ignorant is that argument.
I guess I said all this to pose the question what would you have done? I might have flipped on him and later calmly explained to him why I was offended. I would have never put my hands on him (unless he was making a direct statement towards me and one thing led to another, well you know) So get at me y'all! I'm curious to hear everyone's thoughts on this, especially the brothers who embrace the term.
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