CNN Special: The N-Word
On the heels of the Paula Deen controversy and the racial slurs revealed in the George Zimmerman trial, CNN's Don Lemon will anchor “The N Word”, a provocative and honest debate. "The N Word" airs tonight 7p E.T. on CNN.
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by Jacqualine Ebule via twitter 7/1/2013 11:30:37 PMThe truth is black kids are taught how to deal with cops differently than other races its how society is unfortunately #TheNWord -
I have three grand children who are "crackers" and we Floridians are proud to be Crackers. It is not a race word and I find it offensive to be told by people not from Florida, it is. -
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You had just mentioned that most discrimination happens against black people in America...that shocks me. Affimative action is the most publicly acceptable means of discrimination of white men specifically. that is race discrimination at it's highest. the only people in America that that destroys is white men.
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There is far too much taboo surrounding the n-word and people need to just accept that it exists. If someone says a racial slur, out of hate toward someone, with the intent to hurt them, then, yes, they are a bad person. And guess what... you no longer have to associate yourself with that person! I'm sick and tired of everyone having a fit over matters that need not be debated. It as though media drives these debates in order to keep the American public distracted...
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I am a black man. I'm opposed to the use of the N word. I understand it's use among youth and old alike within the Black community as a term that
indicates that a high level trust and a strong bond exists between two people. Afterall, being able to refer to someone with such a historically
negative and violent word without having a negative response from the person you are referring to, demonstrates how close the two people are.
However, I have to wonder why one would embrace the negative to demonstrate the positive. It's the equivalent of using the whip used in slavery days
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I don't believe in using the word ***** myself. But I also understand when other black people used it. The word "*****" is more of a recognition of a person who has endured a mutual struggle in black history and also as a black person in present day America. That's why it is a "term of endearment." It's a way of connecting in one word. There is definitely a difference when a white person says it because they did not endure the same struggle. -
This word should never be used because this word was used before many peoples death!!! There is so much hate behind this word! WHERE IS OPRAH? Seriously, what is going on. You are stirring up a racism tsunami.
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There is a video of an interview with a wife (unsure if past or present) of Richard Pryor & she uses the N word & other street terms as if by being married to Richard Pryor gave her a pass.
Even being married or just having sex with Pryor will never give any white person a pass to use the word!! -
If it is racist coming out of my mouth, it's racist coming out of anyone's mouth. It was used by ignorant people back in the day. Has that changed? -
by leinz.vales via twitter 7/1/2013 11:42:02 PMIs #TheNWord a career killer? @nischelleturner has the story on @CNN .
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by kernelofwisdom via twitter 7/1/2013 11:42:14 PMLet's coin a new word "Cragga" and call everyone that. #TheNWord #Monochrome -
by AnisfieldWolf via twitter 7/1/2013 11:42:27 PMI keep having to shoo my kids out of the room while watching #TheNWord special. I don't want them to hear the word, even in passing. -
by MrOrigin via twitter 7/1/2013 11:42:54 PM#TheNWord is trendin, Im all for rational discussion of the word, but I dont believe Twitter is the place for it. 140 characters aint enough -
The problem isn't the word ******...The problem is that word ****** still matters! Why does it matter? Because the conditions that made the word offensive in the first place still exists! Remember...Slavery never ended...It just grew up!
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No one should be able to get a pass for using the word. How many races are there? There is one race, and that is the HUMAN race. This word has affected everyone.
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this conversation is 10 to 15 years to late. Its is worldwide and has polluted the vocabulary of the world.
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by hazzarDeuce via twitter 7/1/2013 11:46:40 PMWynton Marsalis just smacked down the entire hip hop community. I have nothing to say to rebuke the words of this elder. lol #TheNWord -
by Darkskinswindle via twitter 7/1/2013 11:46:44 PMHate me but I don't see the point in getting mad at anyone for using a word you use. Words have no power that you don't give them #TheNWord -
by FlywayFilmFest via twitter 7/1/2013 11:46:47 PMWynton Marsalis is brilliant #justsaying #theNword -
by ¡Que Pequeña Ricura! via twitter 7/1/2013 11:47:07 PM@DonLemonCNN #CNN #TheNWord correct Kanye's song is NOT about Jesus! It's about the slavery of black people within their own race!! -
*****= Never, Ignorant, Gaining, Gathering, & Achieving. This is why we accept it growing up.
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But one can't compare the use of the N word in Django Unchained to just random usage. It's a slave movie! -
#TheNword is something I grew up hearing my grandmother use, but that never stopped me from knowing it was wrong and eventually calling her on her racism. We cannot sit back and allow our ancestors to dictate our future opinions. That's ugly and lazy and America wasn't built on lazy immoral people. We were all outsiders at some point. #love lets see THAT trend on Twitter!
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what about black person calling white person "my *****"?
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Have we incorporated the use of the word in our community as a term of endearment as a defense mechanism? Do we call ourselves the N-word to increase the tolerance in our own community. I personally don't the term cracker and the N-word are equivalent. The N-word was used as a derogatory term to a people oppressed in our past. The word Cracker being referred to a person who cracked a whip over the backs of the oppressed. Cracker can be seen as a term of superiority based on past usage, but today is mistakenly used as a so-called racial slur. Preferentially, I see no use of either word in the vocabulary of any person. If we are trying to get to a level of change and racial equality, we have to force ourselves passed throwing stones at others to degrade them. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I see a lot of stones still on the ground.
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by yusufyuie via twitter 7/1/2013 11:55:11 PMBlack people be going through withdraw trying not to say #TheNWord. It's really crazy yo. lol -
by MrNicko2 via twitter 7/1/2013 11:55:28 PM#TheNWord who cares?? Just a word. If one world is so offensive to people, then why listen? A word can't make or break you. -
by XXI via twitter 7/1/2013 11:55:32 PMI think there should be a discussions on racial slurs period not just #TheNWord -
by leaniebaby via twitter 7/1/2013 11:55:34 PM#thenword sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. my parents taught me that when I was a child -
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What about the gay slur ******? That word is used as a derogatory term every day in public, and almost no one says anything about it. It's used in spite of gay people and is used as a term for weakness and insuperiority. People use the N-word now and the majority of the time it is used to mean no harm to anyone; sometimes it is even used in a good way. On the other hand the F-word is always meant as a put down at the least, and causes real life physical harm to people by self harm and suicide; today the N-word has 'cooled down' in a sense, and while people may take offense to the term it no longer has the effect it did in past years, that is the effect that the F-word has now. -
Personally, I think the N-word is offensive in ANY context. It was stated that white people don't know how to use it properly. Please 'educate' me on how a white person can use the N-word "properly"...
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The word has such negative connotations I don't ever want to hear it again....it is rightly taken as offensive by most people and broadens the gap and leads to violence. Even rappers need to stop using it, it is NOT cool.
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I've asked my sons... do your friends face discrimination in our mostly white school? The reply: Mom, that was your generation. Not ours. We live in South Carolina. It is a new day. Live it.
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Black entertainers are laughing all the way to the bank using the N word. Mr Lemon you and your panel want your cake and to eat it to. As a southerner who attended grad school in NY from 88 to 92 I have never lived in a more racist city in my life. Although I was amazed at how the smug hypocrites of NY's elite were as two faced as they come. even though they thought that all white southerners only had 2 sets of sheets One for their bed and the other for the Klan meetings
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by SnowTracksMusic via twitter 7/2/2013 12:02:39 AMDon't be offened by #TheNWord then go purchase rappers albums who used that word. It's not a do as I say, & not as I do world. Be real... -
by AleyaRPrawl via twitter 7/2/2013 12:02:42 AMGood job Don Lennon.....this conversation will never be over unfortunately. #CNN #TheNWord Is undoubtedly the most controversial weird ever. -
by always_pray via twitter 7/2/2013 12:02:50 AMWith the problems in the black community they talking about the #TheNWord. Education Abortion Jail Murder Single Parents Poverty fix these! -
by KBounce717 via twitter 7/2/2013 12:02:53 AMI Say ***** All The Time Even Around White It Just Come Out #SMH #TheNWord I Feel #Ashamed...#FuckOuttaHere -
by L.A.F. via twitter 7/2/2013 12:02:57 AM#TheNWord The only difference between "******" & "*****" is pronunciation. These rappers are full of crap about the word's usage. -
#TheNWord - Is there a difference between "Nigger" and "Nigga"?
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you tell us jews the n word is the worst ,how about nasi or hitler the only differance we got over it we didnt wait 150 years
