Comments on: A Troublesome Word http://floppingaces.net/2008/07/17/a-troublesome-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-troublesome-word Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:16:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wordsmith http://floppingaces.net/2008/07/17/a-troublesome-word/#comment-99141 Wordsmith Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:34:06 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=5908#comment-99141 For some reason, this came to mind while listening to pundits on tv talk about who can and who cannot use "the N-word": <center><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-xHPU6NulM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-xHPU6NulM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object></center>

For some reason, this came to mind while listening to pundits on tv talk about who can and who cannot use “the N-word”:

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]]> By: Fit fit http://floppingaces.net/2008/07/17/a-troublesome-word/#comment-99038 Fit fit Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:43:02 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=5908#comment-99038 What about when Quentin Tarantino uses it? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuKUMXJGp8w&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Patti Smith</a>? The double standard isn't just restricted to race.

What about when Quentin Tarantino uses it? Patti Smith? The double standard isn’t just restricted to race.

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]]> By: Leah http://floppingaces.net/2008/07/17/a-troublesome-word/#comment-98998 Leah Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:55:10 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=5908#comment-98998 I remember an episode of "Mind of Mencia" where Carlos actually goes to the streets and asks the very same thing to other people, black and white. And the black man says the same thing Whoopi did in that video: that it's okay for a black man to call another black man the "n" word but it's racist when it's said by a white man. Too bad I can't find it...we can use a few more laughs here.

I remember an episode of “Mind of Mencia” where Carlos actually goes to the streets and asks the very same thing to other people, black and white. And the black man says the same thing Whoopi did in that video: that it’s okay for a black man to call another black man the “n” word but it’s racist when it’s said by a white man. Too bad I can’t find it…we can use a few more laughs here.

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