Paula Deen wants to say that she used the “N” word once, but admitted to telling racially charged jokes. When asked if she realize that she could be offending people? She said, “She could not determine what offended various groups of people”. How could that be? She is a very smart business woman with a multimillion dollar empire, I’m pretty sure she knew that those jokes would be offensive to the people they were about. Paula Deen’s wish for a “very southern style wedding” for her brother modeled after a restaurant where the “whole entire wait staff was middle-aged black men” clad in white jackets and black bow ties, according to a transcript of the deposition filed in federal court in Georgia. Let’s pause for a moment and recognize that people of our own race use the term very loosely. Shouldn’t we be offended no matter who utters the word? Why aren’t we just as offended when our homie, rappers, comedians, and authority figures use the “N” word? I know… you didn’t pay attention to the word because the lyrics were the truth and the beat was tight,… the “N” word made the joke funny,…. the “N” word was used to get your point across to your adversary… There are a million excuses for using the word, but none of those excuses justify using such an ugly, idiotic, and disrespectful word. How many of you used the “N” word out of anger, in a joke, rapping along with TuPac and JayZ? Did you think about how demeaning the word was or were in the moment and didn’t give it another thought? The point is …. It shouldn’t matter who uses the word or what context it is used in; it is offensive, ugly and disrespectful. Unfortunately for Paula Deen that has gotten caught and placed in the spotlight for using the obscene and racially influenced word. She is definitely being punished and rightly so. So, my question to Afro-Americans is .... What should be our punishment for using the “N” word against each other? As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery. MARTIN LUTHER KING, speech, Aug. 16, 1967
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:32:40 +0000
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