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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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 Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: Griffin gets the hook for using N-word |
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| stevemcgarrett wrote: |
Alyallen, apologist for loudmouth Afro-Americans everywhere.
Reinforce that stereotype!
There's an old saying: "You can take the girl out of the ghetto, but can't take the ghetto..."
Classless behavior, of course, crosses the color line but these days in a certain growing segment of the black community it's worn as a badge of honor. Just ask the gangsta rappers. |
Happy reading, Steve....
Griffin gets the hook for using N-word
Wed Sep 5, 10:38 PM ET
MIAMI - A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word, a magazine's spokesman said Wednesday.
Griffin, who has appeared in movies such as "Undercover Brother" and "Date Movie" and the TV show "Malcolm & Eddie," was performing at a Black Enterprise magazine event in the Miami suburb of Doral on Friday when he was cut off after using profanities and the N-word, said Andrew Wadium, a spokesman for the publication.
"We believe that ending the performance was the appropriate action," Wadium said.
About 1,000 people registered for the performance.
Griffin's publicist, Jeff Abraham, didn't immediately return an e-mail and a call seeking comment.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who attended a meeting held by the magazine in Miami but not the performance, said the crowd gave an ovation to Earl Graves, the magazine's publisher, when he came on stage after the 39-year-old Griffin was pulled, according to a statement on the Web site of Sharpton's National Action Network.
The statement said Sharpton "expressed gratitude that the nation's pre-eminent magazine for African-Americans stands behind the efforts of National Action Network in getting rid of the N-word."
Public discussion on the word's use increased last year following a tirade by "Seinfeld" actor Michael Richards, who used it repeatedly during a Los Angeles comedy routine and later issued a public apology.
The issue about racially insensitive remarks heated up earlier this year after talk show host Don Imus described black members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" on April 4.
At its July convention in Detroit, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a mock funeral for the word.
Black leaders, including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Sharpton, have challenged the entertainment industry and the American public to stop using the N-word and other racial slurs.
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Ya-ta Boy
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Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:23 am Post subject: |
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I don't think banning it is going to work.
I think a better approach is:
a) if it is said by a white person as an epithet, the response should be, "You silly ignorant cracker"...and move on.
b) if it is said inappropriately by a black person, the response should be, "You silly ignorant dork (insert derogatory word of choice)". |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:40 am Post subject: |
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Um, I don't know what to say about the article, but I hope this "stevemcgarrett" character has been reported to the mods. F*ck, this site may just be more of a cesspit than I thought.
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Alyallen
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I don't think banning it is going to work.
I think a better approach is:
a) if it is said by a white person as an epithet, the response should be, "You silly ignorant cracker"...and move on.
b) if it is said inappropriately by a black person, the response should be, "You silly ignorant dork (insert derogatory word of choice)". |
It's too rational and simple. It will never work!  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:50 am Post subject: |
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That's an obstacle I hadn't thought of.
This topic has been on my mind lately. I'm reading Booth Tarkington's novels. He was a Pulitzer winner about a hundred years ago and is a terrific writer. However, he made a serious mistake: he used the word 'darky' to describe black characters. (So far, none of the black characters are really characters. He has just referred to 'darkies' taking care of the horses in the barn out back of the house.)
Obviously that is a no-no now, but it is how people talked a hundred years ago.
Personally, I think it is more valuable to keep an accurate picture of how it was and spend time (in future classrooms) pointing out how race was casually and callously treated at one time, rather than erase otherwise valuable works of literature. On the other hand, I am not the descendant of people who were treated this way. |
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