Excerpt: Using the word nigger is insensitive and inflammatory, but it’s not illegal. So has the term the “N” word been co-opted to suppress free speech and change popular thinking, or are people just being polite and respectful? Or, perhaps people are so afraid of being called racist that they censor their words and thoughts. Can you cause a paradigm shift in cultural views by creating such a hostile environment that people bend to your ideas at the expense of their own? Can you change the meaning of a word from one generation to another? It was done with the word gay. Remember when gay used to mean happy? So does the word nigger now mean something different to the 18-35 demographic than it did during the Civil Rights Movement? Is this part of our modern vernacular? Is it a generational thing? Do those who suffered during the hate and violence of the Civil Rights Movement still feel the sting of that racial slur while the younger generation sees it as a call to brotherhood? That depends on whom you ask.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:26:41 +0000
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