I’m sorry y’all, but I just had to comment on this:
Michael Dyson to No longer Use the N word
Tom Joyner is right: I have decided to retire the use of the “N” word in public. Why? Not because I believe that it has lost its power as a term of endearment among black folk who use it with love and affection. Not because its meaning has become so bastardized that one may not recover its redemptive use by black folk who intend it to signify profound love and respect. I have decided to stop using it for two reasons: many black folk who otherwise supported my work and agreed with my perspectives were thrown off by my public identification with the downtrodden and the debased of our race through use of the term. Despite all the good they thought I did, they believed that the use of the word made it difficult for them to fully embrace me. [To paraphrase The Apostle Paul said in the Bible that "if meat offends my brother, I don't eat meat."]…more (if you can stomach it)
(of course, emphasis are mine)
Like our expectancy with Mexican President Vicente Fox, a simple apology would have sufficed. Instead, he gets into this “identifying with the downtrodden” crap.
I tell you what, let me find “professor” Dyson on the freeway and I will cut him off with my hooptie. By calling me a stupid A*$%$%^&&% Nigga, will he still see me as part of the “downtrodden”?
A good laugh for the end of the week.
Maybe “tha professah” can help me figure this one out:
“If a white man uses the word “nigga” and there is no one around to hear it, did he actually say it? And if he didn’t actually say it, does racism even exist?”
I’m asking this while holding my chin and staring at the sky as in deep thought.
Have a good weekend, y’all. Let me get back to working on this site.
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