The n-word

So why is it OK for African Americans to say it but not us honkey's? After all, it is all in the tone it is said. If a person just off handedly says nigger as a description or if he/she says it in a derogatory fashion are two separate issues. Why is this one word so banned in the English language. What makes them so fucking special that this word is so verboten? I understand the whole slave thing and that was bad... very bad. Also, the white supremest are a bunch of assholes and most of the world knows this.

Just to flip the coin for a second, we often hear African Americans use the term "Whitey." This is usually in some rap song and is said with more disdain than the average person saying "nigger" as a cultural reference. Why then, is this not considered hateful when the other is? In a world with an ever growing vocabulary, it seems words are being added every day. Why then, is there such an effort to remove this one word from the English Language (Particularly when no hate is intended)? Sounds kind of Orwellian to me...

Here is the original article which sparked this whole rant

SOURCE: http://soyawannaknow.blogspot.com

Here's the other thing the Rev. Jesse Jackson said on Fox News two weeks ago about Barack Obama: "He's talking down to black people ... telling niggers how to behave," according to various Web sites.

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly said a "weasel" at Fox leaked the full quote to an Internet site.

O'Reilly let out the first bit of the quote last week. As Jackson waited to appear on another Fox program, he whispered to a fellow guest that he was annoyed with Obama for statements Obama was making at African-American churches.

"I want to cut his nuts off," Jackson whispered, making a sharp motion with his right hand.

Jackson's alleged use of the n-word is ironic because Jackson has called on African Americans not to use it.

After "Seinfeld" actor Michael Richards' racist rant in a comedy club two years ago, Jackson said on Fox and in his Chicago Sun-Times column that the n-word is a "hate word ... it's a punch in the groin disguised as a word. ... It is divisive, it is painful. One cannot sanitize this. So whether it is degrading or self-degrading, whether it is hate or self-hate, it is wrong."

Jackson has apologized for the remarks he thought were not being taped, saying they were "crude." He was traveling in Europe on Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.