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Originally Posted by pelathais
Seriously, what does that have to do with anything? Honestly and with complete naivete, what does "being black" have to do with anything? As I said before, George Clooney and Halle Berry are both "black." They are aren't they?
Whether you or I like it or not, or disagree or not, that's the reality. Culturally and socially it's acceptable for blacks to use the word. I don't follow you Clooney reference either.
Can Mariah Carey "break it down" and do a funky rap using all the gangsta words including the "n word?" Is she "black enough?" Is she even black at all?
Don't know. Has she earned that trustworthy reputation among them? Maybe.
My whole life has been spent around folks that are "kind of this" or "sort of that." Kids I went to school with thought my dad was a "Mexican." "So what's with you 'white' name?" I was asked. Then in gym they'd tease me for being "too white."
What's "black enough" and what's "too white" to use the "n word?" Draw a line for us.
You're probably thinking Harry Reid. If it had been a Republican who said that he would be out of office by now. Look at Trent Lott's treatment. The Republicans ran him out of town themselves. The Dems? They thrive in an atmosphere of racial hate, fear and suspicion. Harry got hardly a hand slap.
(Gotta step away and do some "work" - I'll be back).
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I'm thinking, the point MB made about Oprah and Jesse Jackson getting away with it because they aren't conservative was not fully presented. The obvious distinction on matters of race speech is that they were of the race being perpetrated.
Regardless of how appropriate Harry's punishment was, he was called out for it. In my prior post I agreed that there seems to be more ire against conservatives, who many think are rich, white people.
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