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Originally posted by retailguy
I guess this is where I say "prove it isn't true". 
Name the last black radio DJ fired for dissing white people? Name the last black rap music star that was denegrated and called a racist for his hateful song lyrics? It just doesn't happen, Pacfan. There is no "equivalent" to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in any other race of people that run around talking about how "unfair" life is.
Reality, an african american can use the "n" word with another african american and it's "funny" or some kind of "badge of honor"(that I'll never understand). If the word is that bad, shouldn't it be bad no matter WHO uses it? It seems to be bad, only when caucasian people use it.
Name the last black radio DJ fired for dissing white people? Name the last black rap music star that was denegrated and called a racist for his hateful song lyrics? It just doesn't happen, Pacfan. There is no "equivalent" to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in any other race of people that run around talking about how "unfair" life is.
Reality, an african american can use the "n" word with another african american and it's "funny" or some kind of "badge of honor"(that I'll never understand). If the word is that bad, shouldn't it be bad no matter WHO uses it? It seems to be bad, only when caucasian people use it.
Black rap “stars†get slammed for their music all time, even in this forum. Wal-Mart has advisory labels on the covers. What other music carries the same? People are still stupid enough to buy their trash which negates any attempts to clean it up.
Reality, nigger is a white construct used to denigrate blacks. Perhaps they (I'm not black) took ownership of that word to empower themselves and remove the stigma, but I would bet that the use of the word is still controversial in the black community. But I agree its bad no matter who uses it (including me using it twice).
Imus, assuming he marginally educated, shouldn't have said what he. He was stupid for saying it and in-turn offended a certain group of people who aren't thick-skinned enough to let it go as just a stupid comment. The media, looking for whatever hook they can to sell their papers, rating, ads whatever, made this into a huge over-blown event. Now Imus is canned as a result (perhaps not directly, who knows for sure) and so another part of society is upset that their token white guy was fired for saying something stupid and new we’re supposed to feel sorry for them because they can’t say stupid shit without impunity.
Somebody in here was bitching that our moral fiber is lacking, perhaps they fail to see that people raised correctly don’t say stupid shit (racial or otherwise) about other people (especially in a nation forum).
Go ahead rip on me if you need to, I can take it.
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