Word: niggerã
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...white” babies, who wore the expression of an embittered, elderly man, repeatedly shouted the racial slur at random. The first baby to do so popped its head through a hole in the board, babbling incomprehensibly and occasionally saying the word “nigger?? very clearly. She was joined by a second baby who took an angry tone with his gibberish and exclamations of “nigger.”Two screaming babies followed and eventually two more joined them. Their disagreement was silenced when one baby snorted a great throaty wad and spit...
Russell Simmons, the so-called CEO of hip hop, made headlines last week when he politely urged the recording and broadcasting industries to excise the words “bitch,” “ho,” and “nigger?? from all music. In a statement released through his Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, Simmons called these words “derogatory and disrespectful” and asked music executives to delete them from songs on a voluntary basis...
...unequivocally worded resolution, the Council promulgated a moratorium on the use of the word “nigger?? in New York City. Though the Council’s resolution is symbolic—there is no penalty for uttering the forbidden word—it would be naïve to assume that it carries no weight. Undoubtedly, “nigger?? is one of the most hate-filled, derogatory words in the English language. Nevertheless, legislative forays into our lexicon, even if symbolic, infringe upon the personal liberties that form the bedrock of our society...
From slavery to the civil rights era, the word “nigger?? has earned its despicable reputation. We understand, therefore, the desire to send the word and all that it stands for into oblivion. Nevertheless, prohibition is counterproductive, merely exchanging one evil for another...
...Nigger?? is one of the worst words in the English language. But it should suffer the ignominious death of disuse, not the arbitrary end of a censor’s decree. Hatred and racism are ugly and despicable. But the only way to deal with them without lowering ourselves is through education and tolerance; fiat and prohibition lead only to other evils...