If we were all held liable for things that we said 20-30 years ago, none of us would have jobs. This is the height of the stupidity of politcal correctness.
Geez, people, its just a WORD. How are you damaged when someone says that word?
Should every black who has ever said "honky" or "******" be fired?
this is asinine.
Honky and ****** were not used to degrade and dehuminize and entire race of people. Those words were not uttered by a race of people who could kill whites just for looking at them.
Please dont confuse "******" or "honky" with the word ******. By the way, who the hell says ****** or honky now days anyway?
You not being offended by the word ****** is interesting. Its almost cute because you are almost telling blacks to stop being offended. lol
I am black and yes, I am offended by that word. It annoys me when rappers or black kids in general use it, but its not racial. If you dont understand that, I cant help you.
When whites say it, YES IT
IS RACIST.
This woman saying this 30 years ago....who gives a ****. The more I learn about all this and about the Slavery wedding etc the more I am starting to get it though.
I'm a black man, I lived through the 60s. I am NOT offended by the word "******". I always consider the source - the idiot (whether he be black or white - and ESPECIALLY if he is black) who uses the word.
Your statement "it ANNOYS me when rappers or black kids in general use it, but it is not racial" tells me all I need to know about your ideology. True, a word is jut a word. When young bloods use the word, it is to illicit a response or evoke an emotion - especially these multi-millionaire "superstars" that play on some imagined "hood" mentality that they never experienced, but looks good to the record label.
So what makes the word any different when some white kid, too stupid to know otherwise, with his hat on backwards and his pants hanging around his ankles uses the word "******"? Absolutely nothing. He does it to shock and to get folks to look at him.
Richard Pryor said it best when he stated after returning from Africa - "I looked around trying to find just one ******....just one...and I couldn't find any. Cause there wasn't any. They were all Africans" He never used the word again, because it had lost all it's power. He realized that its JUST A WORD.
Funny.....somehow the black youth of today have never gotten the memo.....and we still want to persecute whites, who through ignorance, use it to illicit a response. You want "Civil Rights"? start treating your brothers and sisters who call each other "******" the same as you treat white folks. THEN we'll be equal.