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>>Why only black people can say the word nigger? I think >>the law makers should make the word nigger illegal. >>anybody whether black, white, jewish, arab, >>chinese,indian, hispanic, etc say that word it will >>cause hatred. the law makers should ban that word. > >Making the use of any word illegal would be creating a >law impossible to enforce. Plus, I do agree with the >point brought up on the show that by trying to forbid >the use of any word tends to empower it further. >There are words that can be used hatefully that are >deeply rooted in history and culture. One such word >is a derogatory word used towards woman that starts >with "cu". If one goes back to the 1500's you will >note that this word actually referred to a particular >part of the female anatomy (at the time it was >pronounced "quainte"). The hurtful use of the word >reduces a woman to no more than this part of the >anatomy, and seems to associate something dirty or >inferior by it. Likewise, the hateful use of the 'n' >word reduces African Americans to simply a color and >every derogatory association ever made toward that >color. Many woman hate the 'cu' word in any of its >uses. However, I do know of lesbians who have chosen >to reclaim the word and use it to empower themselves, >much like that one student explained that African >Americans reclaiming the 'n' word as their own. > >Please do not think that I am comparing the two or >making light of the 'n' word. I know of it's history >and it's pain. And though I can never know of it from >personal experience because I am white, I find it >interesting that some people even feel that the very >debate of the useage of the word is so wrong. > >What I mean by that is that Danny was not using the >term in any way derogatory. He merely broached it as >a topic of debate, and was informed that the very >debate of the word was inappropriate especially given >that he is white. > >Personally, I don't like the word and it makes me >uncomfortable no matter who uses it. However, I am >not going to ask that it be removed from the english >language or be made forbidden by law. It is by debate >that we grow. Yes, I am uncomfortable with the word. >How many generations of children will be born before >the word is made numb and it no longer causes the >pain, hurt, and anger that it causes now? Will that >day ever come?
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