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The “N” Word
06.02.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I have different views on the “N” word. No, I am not referring to the word “Nigga.” I’m speaking of the word “NIGGER.”
When I hear the word spoken from the mouth of a Caucasian male or female I can sort of understand the way my ancestors felt having to endure being discriminated against because the [...]
Thought
Name Calling: When Does It All Stop
04.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Understand this people, “Not everyone likes to be called ‘nigger,’ ‘nigga,’ ‘negro.’” Not all women can sit back and relax as you call her a’bitch’ or ‘ho.’
It doesn’t matter what your background is. It doesn’t matter where you come from. It doesn’t matter who you hang with. It just isn’t cool to call people out [...]
Ghetto, Thought
Hip-Hop Mogul Simmons Asks Execs To Remove “Extreme Curse Words” From Songs
04.24.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Joshua Chase - AHN Staff Writer
New York, NY (AHN) - Russel Simmons, one of the most widely-respected icons in the hip-hop community, announced on Monday through his Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, that he would ask record labels to “voluntarily remove/bleep/delete” three sexually - and racially - offensive words: bi*ch, h* and ni**er.
“It is important to [...]
Ghetto, Thought
Do You Know any Nappy Headed Hos?
04.17.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Do You Know any Nappy Headed Hos?
I don’t know any Nappy-Headed Hos
I do know some bootylicious babes
I know some weave wearing woman
Some extension sporting sisters
But no, I don’t know any Nappy-Headed Hos
Perms with split ends, maybe.
Braids, dreads, or tinnie winnie afro’s, yep.
Kinks and curls, you bet.
But Nappy-Headed Hos - I don’t think so.
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Entertainment, Politics
Don Imus, Gone: For Now?
04.13.07 | Permalink | Comment?

How do you lose two jobs in a matter of two weeks? Start calling a basketball team, “Nappy Headed Hos!”
Don Imus was fired from not only MSNBC but also CBS (though I’m not sure what took them so long but these things happen). I know people who have gotten fired for less. So for this [...]
In The News
Racial slur on sofa label stuns family
04.12.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Mother had to explain to daughter, 7 origin of ‘totally unacceptable’ word on wrapping of furniture built overseas

Jim Wilkes
Staff Reporter

When the new chocolate-coloured sofa set was delivered to her Brampton home, Doris Moore was stunned to see packing labels describing the shade as “Nigger-brown.” She and husband Douglas purchased a sofa, loveseat and chair in [...]
Politics
The Nigg”ER” or “A” Debate
03.03.07 | Permalink | Comment?

When did it become the in thing to start calling each other Nigger - n*gga or any other interpretation of the word? Yo my n*gga? Holla back n*gga. When did this word become as common as hello or goodbye? Does this mean that as a society we have lost all of our sense of self? [...]
Politics, Thought
Nigger, Nigga: From the Original to the Remix
02.27.07 | Permalink | Comment?

NYC Council Member Leroy G. Comrie Jr. is leading the charge on the ban of the N-Word. After hearing black youth on a street in queens it seems as though with what time he has on his hands will introduce a bill to ban the word.
This day in age many youth don’t understand the impact [...]