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It is ridiculous that there is a word that one race can use any way they want, and if a different race says the same word, even if condemning the use of the word, that person can have their life ruined. This coach will be roasted be the media, has apologized publicly, labled a racist, possibly suspended, or even fired for telling people not to use a word that is offensive. I am not sure that there is another word in the English language that is treated this way.
If the word is that bad people should be treated the same no matter who says it.
Gotta remember fear even if you hear it and you outnumber the opposition.
The coaches control these young mens futures for the most part. The coaches have the illusion of power over them and can make these guys lives alot harder than need be.
I’m guessing black people would take everyone being able to say it if it meant they stopped getting killed by cops, followed while shopping, being pulled over for DWB, etc
I think these paragraphs are enlightening to the events that transpired. Please note that picture is not related to this event.
While I agree that there is language that should never be used under any circumstances. I respectfully disagree that n-word is the only word that has this effect. The words sl-- and b---- come to mind when talking about women. If a coach or any other person of power were caught using those words towards women, then they would condemned in the media just the same.
I expect a down vote wave from this but it’s a factual response to your post. It doesn’t involve hate, “fake news”, cooked stats, or a screwed up perspective. This is a problem that needs to be looked at from both sides. A police officer is 18.5x more likely to be murdered by a black man than an cop to kill an unarmed black man (justified or not). Do you believe this affects a police offices view? Should they “be the bigger person and take it”? I’m not sure how that works? Is it that easy?
Not quuuuuuuuiiiiiitttttteeee what I was arguing there champ. Let’s just move on before this devolves any further.
Bottom line: my life hasn’t been impacted negatively in any way BC I’m not allowed to say n* and neither is yours
This news on dabo just reminds me of the recent story before Urban Meyer quit about him not doing anything about a coach of his beating up their wife.... Bad optics, but he'll probably get through it...who knows maybe he will all of a sudden have heart problems and need to retire for a couple years for the dust to settle then go back to coaching.....
and a certain C-word
I agree.
No one is advocating for police to let people kill them. No one should assume that a black individual is inherently more violent and treat them differently.
No one is advocating for black individuals to let people kill them. No one should assume that a cop is inherently more violent and treat them differently.
Agreed.
I think the gist of the protests are not just that a black man was killed by police but that complaints about police action are not always looked into, or if they are, a quick dismissal happens. So, a question back would be, Do you believe this affects the view of the African American community toward police?
Hmmm. So not only build the country on the backs of African slaves, create a derogative term to classify them, then when the culture modifies the term to be used within the culture as a term of relatability and endearment, white men should also be able to tell them how to feel about said use of the term?
Welp, that’s about as American as anything else I’ve read today. “I’ll give you permission to feel wronged and without that permission, how dare you?”
Again, when society begins to love and respect the people as much as they do the culture, the hate will subside. Black people were not placed on this earth for the entertainment of white men.
FTR, I’m speaking in general terms, not exclusively to this poster.
Wow!!! Just wow!!!
Im sorry that when WE typically hear the word from another race it has been laced in hatred.
You know the word meaning ignorant and WE get called that because we just happened to be captured from our home countries but not taught the "new native" language (making reading, writing, comprehension, or talking dang near impossible) while the oppressive owners beat, raped, and chained HUMANS. But nevermind all that...