My father found came across this article and emailed it to me and I felt that it related to the class.
The article can be found at http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/OPINION/807240320. This article discusses the n-word. Rev. Jesse Jackson used the word in reference to how Barack Obama was speaking to black people. The article then goes on to explain some situations that the author experienced where people were using the word, how he reacted, and what the word means to him.
The n-word is a word that was used to oppress blacks and distinguish them from whites. The term should not be used today, by any particular group of people or race.
This article reminded me of Wrights Jim Crow article. The n-word was used so often when he offended the whites, or when they were about to oppress him. I don’t understand how the word is still used to day, when it was formed out of oppression and racism. The article states, “The n-word is forbidden. It is lethal. Its purpose is to envelop society in this never-ending spiral of racist stupidity.
There is no redeeming social value for the n-word. It cannot be deconstructed or made neutral or controlled. It can never be used in any context at any time for any purpose.”
“The purpose of the n-word is to designate African-Americans as less than human. By doing so, their status in society is not questioned.”
From, http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/OPINION/807240320
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