[Vision2020] Double Standard

[Paul Rumelhart]

I'm not black, so I can't answer decisively, but I imagine that the 
common use of the "N-Word" by blacks is an attempt to take a racial slur 
and turn it into something positive.  There is probably also a bit of 
cynicism involved.  Haven't you ever called someone a name that they get 
called often, except that you say it in an affectionate way?

I don't think it's a double standard.  I don't see black people calling 
white people names like "honky" or "ghost" or whatever and getting away 
with it.

Paul

J Ford wrote:
>
> Ok, so I am acknowledging ahead of time that I KNOW I AM GOING TO MAKE 
> PEOPLE ANGRY, but I really think this is something that needs to be 
> explored; the following story makes me angry.  Not because of what the 
> radio personality said, but because of the fire that got lited up 
> because of what he said.  QUESTION:  Why is it ok for 
> blacks/negros/"African Americans" to use the word (yep! gonna say it) 
> "nigger" when talking or singing or acting to/about/for/with other 
> blacks/negros/"African Americans" and not ok for the rest of the world 
> to?  And why is it ok for them to degrade, harass, and otherwise 
> demean their women folk, but if someone else says anything even 
> remotely disparaging or something that is taken as such, they are to 
> be fired/killed/hurt, etc?  When do you draw the line and where is it 
> drawn up that the blacks/negros/"African Americans" can mistreat their 
> people, call them names, kill them, etc. and we (as a community of 
> man) do nothing about them?  Such as ask for them to be fired from 
> whatever job they are in (be it their music, acting, radio, CEO, 
> positions?)  Why is any comment made, one of  a "racially charged" genre?
>
> Why is there two rather obvious and distinct rules that govern what 
> the blacks/negros/"African Americans" can/are allowed/will do and what 
> the rest of us are allowed to do or forced not to do?
>
> Just when did the term nigger become one of endearment for the 
> blacks/negros/"African American" community?  I hear them using this 
> word in anger, jest, as a greeting - you name it, they say it.  BUT, 
> let a white person do so and BAM!!! Literally - BAM!!!
>
> And, finally, since when is it ok or when did it become ok for the 
> blacks/negros/"African Americans" to call a white person a nigger and 
> they not get bashed for it?
>
>
>
>
> NEW YORK - Even if talk show host Don Imus survives the storm of 
> protest swirling around him, his employers are already feeling the 
> effects of his racially charged comments last week as advertisers pull 
> out of his nationally distributed radio show.
>
> General Motors Corp., a significant advertiser on the show, said on 
> Wednesday that it was suspending its advertising but could resume it 
> at a later date. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that 
> American Express and GlaxoSmithKline also were pulling their ads.
>
> "This is a very fluid situation, and we'll just continue to monitor it 
> as it goes forward when he returns to the air," GM spokeswoman Ryndee 
> Carney said, adding that GM would continue to support Imus' charitable 
> efforts for children dealing with cancer and autism.
>
> Imus' show originates on the New York radio station WFAN, owned by CBS 
> Corp., and is distributed nationally on radio by Westwood One. It is 
> simulcast on the MSNBC cable network, which is owned by General 
> Electric Co.'s NBC Universal unit. CBS owns an 18 percent stake in 
> Westwood One and also manages the company (MSNBC TV is wholly owned by 
> NBC Universal. MSNBC.com is a joint venture between NBC Universal and 
> Microsoft).
>
> Procter & Gamble Co. and the office supply chain Staples Inc. have 
> also said they would pull out, and Bigelow Tea said it was considering 
> doing so. How many other advertisers follow suit could depend largely 
> on how Imus handles the fallout from the controversy.
>
>
> J  :]
>
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