Should the 'N' Word Be Banned in Public?
By mamarama
@mamarama (206)
United States
11 responses
@mikeyr6000le (2123)
• United States
28 Nov 06
Wouldn't that take awya fom the freedom of speech? How can you ban a word from public anyway? Do you sew someones mouth shut if they say it or something? Should it be used in public or any where? I don't think so.
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@Truewater2 (322)
• United States
28 Nov 06
Interesting questions you pose.
In answer to the question, Should the "N" word be banned in public, I would say emphatically "NO."
In my humble opinon, it makes little sense to waste taxpayers' precious monetary resources to even propose such a legislative extreme.
I do not know the circumstances under which Mr. Jackson stated an opinion on this topic, so I am unable to address whether he is "right or wrong" on this issue.
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@azadmohamed (128)
• Sri Lanka
29 Dec 06
I think its better, because skin colour can not deferenciate people. Everyone should treated equaly.
@sand_man (246)
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28 Nov 06
That's a difficult one.. it seems that in the UK anyway, because of the use of the word in rap music the word is being reclaimed and used in a positive way. However I still feel really uneasy about this. Being white i would never ever use that word. It holds to much negative energy and was a word that was used in the mosr derogatory sense. If the word can be reclaimed then fine, but as far as I'm concerned it should be left in the past as a reminder of how bad things were.
@mamarama (206)
• United States
28 Nov 06
I've always used the word in the context of its dictionary definition. I don't think I've ever used it, though, on a black person because I think it just brings up a whole can of worms. I have used it on white people in the past. Though, nowadays, I'm older and use more 'mature' words. ;)