NYC Urges People Not to Use N-Word

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"People are using it out of context," said Leroy Comrie, a black city councilman who sponsored the unanimously passed measure. "People are also denigrating themselves by using the word, and disrespecting their history."

New York's resolution is not binding and merely calls on residents to stop using the slur. Leaders of the nation's largest city also hope to set an example.

Other municipalities have already passed similar measures in a debate that rose to a fever pitch late last year after "Seinfeld" actor Michael Richards spewed the word repeatedly at a comedy club in Los Angeles.

At New York's City Hall, supporters cheered passage of the resolution, with many of them wearing pins featuring a single white "N" with a slash through it.

Hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow Walker said when the resolution was proposed that blacks need to stop using the word so "we can elevate our minds to a better future."

Others argue that use of the word by blacks is empowering, that reclaiming a slur and giving it a new meaning takes away its punch. Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx, for example, said he would not stop using the word, and did not see anything inappropriate about blacks using it within their own circles.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/2...228/racial-slur

[Heracles 417]

Why not ban racism in all forms..

[mawilson 2,133]

"People are denigrating themselves by using the N word"

Well said

[bucknekkid 0]

Racisim is here to stay, we aren't going to change the world's problems on this forum or any other....

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Kurtis Blow is the voice of hip hop?

"Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering

It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering

You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow

But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head"

[Alex+R 0]

Kurtis Blow is the voice of hip hop?

"Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering

It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering

You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow

But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head"

That's one of my favorite songs of all time, since I was 8 years old. I'm impressed with that little piece of music history, LuckyStrike.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Kurtis Blow is the voice of hip hop?

"Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering

It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering

You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow

But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head"

That's one of my favorite songs of all time, since I was 8 years old. I'm impressed with that little piece of music history, LuckyStrike.

I'm a TMBGs fan. See... we have something in common.

[Alex+R 0]

Kurtis Blow is the voice of hip hop?

"Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering

It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering

You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow

But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head"

That's one of my favorite songs of all time, since I was 8 years old. I'm impressed with that little piece of music history, LuckyStrike.

I'm a TMBGs fan. See... we have something in common.

yay! I'm a big fan too