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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
I think the problem is that you are looking at a commercial business and trying to push that onto an entire race. Rap songs are for the young things of all races. Please don’t mistake that for the general public. There are millions of people who are terribly offended by the word period, no matter who says it. I am one of those people.
If you meet some young man who curses like a sailor, wears his pants two sizes too small, and likes to call people “nigga,” understand that he is one of the ignorant ones who needs prayer, guidance and an education. I look at those young men and women with pity and sorrow.
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See, Im not one of those people. I dont care. Its just a word. I feel that they may have called my ancestors that and insulted them but no, they wont insult me. Then again, I dont regularly get called that. It seems most times one is called that its because theyre horrible examples of the human race. Kind of like what Chris Rock said once 'I love me some Black people but I hate me some niggers'. He went on to explain how Black people try to set things up, do things right, have some fun and here come the niggers messing everything up. Im sure he meant trashing things, destroying everything and maybe even blaming 'The White Man' or 'Whitey' somewhere in there. Because we all know its easier to place the blame than to actually try to do something with yourself. I know people who take great insult in the word but I am not one of them.
Now these new kids, they make me sick. I can agree with you there though I think you may have meant pants two sizes too big. Id also add, smokes, drinks, does drugs, has who knows how many baby mothers but doesnt take care of any of their children and may even sell drugs on the side. And the worst part is most times theyre always African American. Which brings me to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg_BankB-j8
Im not very good at embedding Youtube links here, I apologize. Its the speech from
'The Boondocks' episode where Martin Luther King Jr. was revealed to have been in a coma all these years and not dead as everyone thought. He finally recovers from the coma and took a look at the World around him. This is his speech at the end of the episode. Many people may have been insulted by this episode. I liked it and agree with him. And the worst part is I doubt itll ever change.
So who is raising this issue with the book that started this censorship to begin with? Where did this come from? It seemed to come right out of left field, everything is fine then one day someone wants to censor the book. I doubt it was an African American.